Aircast Tibia Stress Fracture

Do whatever your doctor prescribed. Second, your GF ran on your bib??

Your friend wrote:

Do whatever your doctor prescribed. Second, your GF ran on your bib??

Don't let that Marathon investigator guy find out.

And listen to your doctor and not douchey LR posters.

conzerz wrote:

Hi

I have a tibia stress fracture from increasing my mileage too quickly when training for the London Marathon. I ended up not running it and my GF took my place. I have been prescribed 8-12wks in a AirCast. My question is do I have to wear the AirCast while sitting down. It feels as if there's not as much blood flow compared to my other leg and I know that blood flow is important. I thought the primary reason to wear the AirCast was to relieve pressure from the tibia if I am correct, so wearing it while sitting down at the desk all day at work seems a bit useless and may hinder recovery by limiting blood flow. Am I correct here? Also, I've read on forums here that people generally wear an AirCast for 4-8wks, so 12wks seems excessive. Is that true?

Thanks

Relying on what you read on forums is the sign of a problematic and ignorant patient. Do what your doctor recommends it's as simple as that.

The wearing of the cast is the beginning of a long rehab program so don't get it in your head that you can start running as soon as it's removed.

I predict you will suffer another fracture because you giving the impression that you can rush recovery.

You're a "pavement pounder" not a competitive athlete so the longer you take to recover the better. Also...stop running on the road when you rain.

I'm about to do you a real solid here. Every morning, take a baby aspirin. If you're gonna fly, take two. Boom. That sh*t will be gone in a month

I had the same injury last year. My dr did not prescribe an aircast but he was firm in telling me no running for 8 weeks. I cycled to stay in shape somewhat, but come to grips with the fact you're not going to be doing any really good running for several months. The dr told me to increase my mileage really slowly unless I wanted to reactivate the fracture. Mentally prepare yourself for much longer than 8-12 weeks. It's 10 months since my original injury and I just now feel back to where I was when I got hurt. Once I was cleared to run I started running 3-4 miles, twice a week. It was honestly really hard, not because of the fracture but because my muscles weren't used to running. I felt really stiff. I'd bump up to three days after a couple of weeks and then got to 5 and 6 days of running per week. Then I started slowly increasing my weekly mileage. I wouldn't wish this injury on anyone. It's not the pain, its the mental anguish of constantly wondering if you are fully healed and not being able to run as much as you're used to. Best of luck in your recovery.

Get better soon man