Help! Sacral stress fracture recovery

Hey!

I'll try to chime in since I had a stress fracture in the right side of the sacrum.

I had been hurting a little bit before the 'accident' but one run in early February while running downhill, I felt this excruciating pain in my low back and finished the run limping and in tears. The next day I went to the hospital for x-rays and they said nothing was wrong....just to rest (lumbar strain, sciatica possibly). I could barely walk and having to stand on one leg to put my pants on was quite painful..

I am stubborn individual so I still tried to wobble around for a couple weeks. Nothing was really getting better. After much convincing, at week 5 since the accident, I got two MRIs (one for the hip, and one for the low back). That confirmed the stress fracture.

Once I had a diagnosis in, I felt a lot of relief. I did pretty much noting for another five weeks (started walking a little bit and biking at week 10). Around week 14, I started running slowly again and doing about 10-15 mpw for a few weeks.

7-months later and all is great now. I have zero pain in the area and can train like I used to. In my experience, it took a good 12-14 weeks to start running again.

Thanks for the answer! What was the exact nature (partial or complete?) of your fracture? I did the same as you for five weeks before getting the MRI. I trained my upper body and did the rowing machine for cardio. I also had exercises to do for what physios thought was a sacroiliac problem. It went relatively well. Some days, I thought I was in less pain, but the slightest heavy step with support on the injured leg made me recoil. Since the diagnosis, I have never been told to stop walking on it, but I was asked to stop all sport for 3 weeks, which I did. The follow-up scan shows the beginning of healing, and the orthodontist told me to go back to training, but the unpleasant sensation with the slightest big step with support remains. Obviously, I sometimes test it in the house to see where I am. Still impossible to go down the stairs quickly, for example. But no more pain for a long time with the pants. Did you avoid bending over, going up the stairs? Honestly, I'm so afraid of staying with this unpleasant feeling all my life

And above all… Why, if the scan is positive, do the symptoms not match?

fracture recovery-Did you have any pain/discomfort when you resumed running?