Managed to get a stress fracture in my heel. What the hell else did they find on the MRI. Doc did not tell me. Any ideas?
Does that crack on the MRI really show a fracture? Surely I can keep running... I dont want to stop :(
Managed to get a stress fracture in my heel. What the hell else did they find on the MRI. Doc did not tell me. Any ideas?
Does that crack on the MRI really show a fracture? Surely I can keep running... I dont want to stop :(
Rub some dirt on it you wuss!
the images clearly state, "not for diagnostic use." NEXT!
MRI.smaller.jpg tells you exactly what the radiologist saw besides the stress fracture in your heel. It is in writing. I'm assuming since you are asking for an answer on a message board you can read.
Diagnosis says that you are unremarkable...why bother with the running career?
The fracture is there, and you can see it pretty easily. Read the report; it tells you exactly where to look, and when you do (check out the posterior calcaneus), you can see the fracture line where the bone is slightly separated from the main body of the calcaneus. It is lying in the middle of all that white material in your MRI, as a line running just off vertical. All the whiteness around it is bone reaction; the fat is cleared out of your film by the techology used to take the MRI. But the report said all this, so did you think your doc was, like, lying? There is nothing much else there, save for a little tendinosis at the posterior point of your heel.
Dude, how can you not see that fracture? I'm surprised that your doc wasted your money and time on an MRI in the first place (well, not that surprised given our health care system). That should have been apparent on x-ray.
Dude.....it's busted up,chill out awhile don't be obsessive about it.Your screwed it up,so don't F>>>up it worse now.Chill out....Dr's orders
dude, nice break. how the hell did that happen?
Given the fact the OP is not willing to stop running, the doctor probably ordered the test to convince the patient of the severity of the injury. Because the heel bone is somewhat round, stress fractures don't show up well on regular x-rays.
If anything, an HMO would have denied the MRI. Also the ordering doctor doesn't get any more money by ordering the MRI (the radiology group does).
The calcaneus heals quicker than most bones, quite a few of my patients healed up with 4 weeks of immobilization in a fracture boot. But "the books" say 6 to 8 weeks of immobilization. You can try to speed things up by a week or two with a bone growth stimulator (but someone might complain this is an added "unnecessary" cost)
Finally quit being so obsessive with running. Don't let it define who you are. To be mean/cruel: get a life.
Let me guess, you ran through the pain and now your foot is f***ed? Stop running!