Subject: RE: Stress Fracture please help Originally posted by pschriver A fracture is a "break" whether it is displaced or angulated is another topic. You could spend the time, money and effort to see orthopedic specialist, podiatrist or physical therapist, but foot pain is ubiquitous with running. At the most, get a plain x-ray of the foot. If it doesn't show anything, follow my first post "foot pain is ubiquitous with running"?? I don't know what you're doing, but on any given (un-injured) day, I don't have foot pain when I run. Likewise, I don't have ankle pain, knee pain, hip pain, or any other pain. And, personally, I would not suggest anyone run through pain (real pain). I've tried....in fact, when I had my stress fracture, I tried for a couple weeks to run through it. I distinctly remember a 70 minute run I had on my schedule, getting about half way into it, and realizing there was no way I was going to continue. I had to walk all the way back home and finally come clean and admit the fact that I was injured. OP -- my original suggestion still stands: aquajog (here's a good set of workouts: http://rw.runnersworld.com/rt/pdf/Nine_Week_Recovery_Plan.pdf) and try running again in 4-8 weeks. A doctor is probably going to put you in a walking boot, which may well speed up the recovery since you won't be stressing it further. |