As title says.. I have an issue with kicking pads. It's been around 5 months now. When I kick the bag or do literally anything else I have 0 pain. But as soon as I kick the pads, because of how wide 2 pads side by side are when someone is holding them for me, my foot (as well as shin) hits the pad and I get a shooting pain around my small toe. I've had it xray'd and found nothing. I can kick a pad exactly one time before I got the shooting pain and them I'm unable to kick it anymore, but am able to do anything else with no pain at all. I took 6 weeks off kicking with my right foot to let it heal but it again, 1 kick later and it's back to sharp pain.
I am looking for either:
1. An idea of what it could be that causes it and maybe how I could heal it
2. to change my kick so I don't hit that part of my foot on the pad. I've noticed a lot of thais kick slightly differently from me in that when my shin/foot hit that pad I hit closer to the middle of my shin and the outside of my foot but a lot of thais kick with the inside of their shin, right above the ankle. I think this would allow my pinky toe to miss the pad.
I've attached an image to show where the pain is.
What I mean by the kicking..
I kick with this part:
But from my observation, the thais kick with this part
Looking for some thoughts/advice on whether I should change my kicking style or if there's something I can do about the pain..
I am looking for either:
1. An idea of what it could be that causes it and maybe how I could heal it
2. to change my kick so I don't hit that part of my foot on the pad. I've noticed a lot of thais kick slightly differently from me in that when my shin/foot hit that pad I hit closer to the middle of my shin and the outside of my foot but a lot of thais kick with the inside of their shin, right above the ankle. I think this would allow my pinky toe to miss the pad.
I've attached an image to show where the pain is.
What I mean by the kicking..
I kick with this part:
But from my observation, the thais kick with this part
Looking for some thoughts/advice on whether I should change my kicking style or if there's something I can do about the pain..