I hate Stress Fractures!
So if you didn’t hear already, I got a calcaneus stress fracture while running the Seattle Marathon this past weekend. The thing about stress fractures is (or so I’ve been told) is that they don’t usually happen because of one specific event, unless you consider “training over a 6 week period” a single event. The problem this presents (at least for me) is that I can’t seem to tell how much training is too much training… until >>POW<< mile 23 of a marathon I have a stress fracture.
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I hate Stress Fractures!
December 1st, 2006 3:06 pm
Rahim Rahman says:
Bummer! I developed (being the keyword) 3 stress fractures on the shins of both legs (1 on the right and 2 on the left) in May and had to be off running for 2 months. I jumped in the pool with an aqua belt and ran. It wasn’t all that great but it was the only thing I could do at that point besides swimming.
I hope you’ll have a speedy recovery and be back pounding the pavement/treadmill/ (haha!)/trail soon!
December 11th, 2006 8:24 am
Searching for “calcaneus”? « ZappoMan - Fitness Blog says:
[...] Oh yeah… my calcaneus stress fracture is feeling much better. I’m far from 100%, and I surely can’t run yet. But I’m off my crutches, and I don’t even need my boot all of the time. [...]
December 16th, 2006 5:03 am
Yeah! I rode my bike today! « ZappoMan - Fitness Blog says:
[...] Well, I have finally decided my heal is healed enough to ride my bike on the open road. So today I went for a nice short (25 mile) bike ride on my new-ish single speed fixed wheel bike. [...]
December 17th, 2006 1:43 pm
Rob says:
Well, I was doing HIIT on treadmill, on Nov 7. Had some discomfort 3-4 times previous, in my left outside foot. Just got new shoes and figured the feet were just getting used to them..Then at the end of 21 min intervals..wham, bam..sensation like someone cracking their knuckles, and felt like my foot was in a vise.
Doc said the discomfort was start of the fracture…5th metatarsal at the foot. Hope to rid of the boot, on Dec 19. Would have felt better about it, if I had done something stupid to cause it. Never had a broken bone before…BUMMER…..RR
December 17th, 2006 5:34 pm
zappoman says:
Rob,
Good luck on your recovery. I am happy to repoort that I am off crutches, out of the boot, and able to walk comfortably. I’ll probably wait another couple weeks before I go out an run, but I’m able to ride my bike, swim, and do upper body weight training.
-Brad
December 17th, 2006 9:47 pm
Rob says:
Good luck to you, also..!!! RR
December 19th, 2006 11:39 pm
Michelle says:
Hey there! Sorry to hear about the stress fracture! I just got one from the Seattle Marathon as well… what a bummer! All I want to do is get out and run! Did your doctor offer any alternative exercises in the mean time?
Any suggestions would be awesome!
December 19th, 2006 11:40 pm
zappoman says:
Michelle, sorry to hear about your stress fracture. Where is it? Is it in your heel, foot, leg, or hip? Good luck on your recovery.
My recovery is coming along quite well, in fact, I’ve got an appointment with a sports rehab clinic tomorrow to start the process of fitting for orthotics so that I will hopefully be able to run injury free from here on out.
As for alternate training, I am fortunate to be able to cycle and swim which of course are important parts of my triathlon training. I have also added more strength training (particularly upper body) work to my training routine.
Also, a friend of mine recently forwarded me a very interesting article about isometric training for faster running. And now that I think about it, this is a style of “strength” training that can be done in a non-impact way. I will post a blog entry on it later today for those of you who are interested.
June 6th, 2007 10:58 am
ZappoMan Fitness Blog » Dr.’s Visit says:
[...] I visited my new “primary care physician” today. Like most men, I don’t go to the doctor unless I absolutely have to. In the last couple years I have visited the “sports medicine” specialists more frequently, but those probably qualify as “absolutely have to” visits… like for example being unable to walk due to a calcaneus stress fracture. So today, after about 4 weeks of fighting a cold that I believed had developed into something worse, I finally broke down to visit a “general internist”… a regular ol’ Doc! [...]