Anyone had a stress fracture in his/her ankle before?

I was running an easy ten. I planted on my left foot at around seven miles and felt a sharp pain. A few steps later I stopped and rubbed it. It felt kind of itchy... and burning itch. Like one of the many STD's I've acquired over the years...

Anyway... The doctors couldn't find it in x-rays, so I had to have a bone-scan, which was completely stupid. I would have been better off aquajogging and cycling for 3-6 weeks than being juggled by coaches/doctors for 4 months...

Stress-fractures suck, and even after it's healed I still get pain in the area.

good luck

I had one at the end of last summer on the outside of my left leg just above the ankle protrusion. The doc didn't even bother with a bone scan. It didn't really show up clearly on the xray, but he could tell from feeling it (I did have pain when he pushed on it) what it was. I had to be in a boot for 3 weeks- didn't have to sleep in it and could take it off to go to bike class, swim etc. It wasn't too bad. After 3 weeks I could lose the boot but couldn't run for another 3 weeks. When I started back up it was pretty much pain-free.

When I had my stress fracture it was on the inside of my right leg just above the bulge of my ankle...

I ran on it for about 1-2 months not knowing what it was... I was trying to get to nationals in the 10k... the day before we left for nationals I had to withdraw because I found out it was a stress fracture and I could barely walk....

The best thing I can tell you is if it is a stress fracture take time off now... don't try to run on it then think you can stop at the end of the season rest and be back to normal... I spent the whole summer afterwards trying to get better and it took me until november afterwards to get up to 7 miles.... bike and swim and cross train.... but i'm not a doctor so if it gets worse see a doctor...

I would say I had an extreme case but I have heard of people getting put in a cast for it.... i was just in a boot....

I would say when I got close to being put in a boot

it was turning purple and you could see a bruise... early on there may not be any discolaration or bruise...

the hardest part was doing warm-ups and cool-downs... once I got warmed-up took a couple advil i was fine until the latter stages... then the advil wouldn't even keep me from limping...

probably the best things you can do to prevent this is not to overtrain.. don't increase you mileage too fast, watch your shoes, and the surfaces you run on...

good luck hopefully its not a stress fracture.. i know i have heard people say they have a stress fracture then a week later they were fine.... just make smart choices... if its worse talk to your athletic trainer if you have one

and/or doctor...

thanks. there's neither bruising nor swelling. this all started after i took to rollerblading again. i was skating for several days in a row (after 5 years of not skating), each time followed by running. probably overdid it. wasnt anything traumatic. i didnt feel any pain until i woke last Sunday then started walking around. strange.

there is a bit of redness (skates might have been too tight)--other than that, the ankle looks normal. gonna sit it out a few more days before i cry to my doc.