possible stress fracture

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16 years ago 01/06/2008 6:06pm EST

on the bottom of my left foot, it feels like near the base of my second metatarsel, i have some pain. it's been bothering me for at least a few weeks now, but it's not excruciating. i can still run/race fine i think, i PRed in the 3k the other day, and went for a pretty brisk 70 minute run today, and i didn't really notice the pain. i also have some pain on the inside of my foot, like where a bunion would be. also, it seems like that area that i have been describing might be a little swolen. could this be a stress fracture?

16 years ago 01/06/2008 9:08pm EST

re: stressedout223

does anybody have any input?

16 years ago 01/06/2008 9:51pm EST

re: stressedout223

Go to a doctor. Let him decide. It very well could be a stress fracture. I got one about 10 weeks ago and ran on it for almost 2 weeks. Not much pain running, a lot more when I wasnt. But go see a doctor.

16 years ago 01/06/2008 10:02pm EST

re: stressedout223

definitely get to a Dr. and get an X-ray, though at the very beginning of a stress fracture, the x-ray can't really show it. Mine was back in the 80s. Maybe they have something better than an x-ray to dianose them with today? If in doubt, take 2 weeks off and cross train, before you bust it open...then an x-ray will show it....looks like a pencil line on the bone.

16 years ago 01/06/2008 11:51pm EST

re: been in your shoes.

They'll probably give you an x-ray and it will probably come out normal. Many stress fractures don't appear with just an x-ray. They may then give you an ultrasound, which will hurt like hell if it is indeed a stress fracture because it vibrates the fracture in the bone.

16 years ago 01/07/2008 3:26am EST

re: marietta

is it really sore to at a point where the pain is coming from..if so then you have a stress fracture, id still get it lookes at though. i had one and had to take 9 weeks offf but on the bright side you can still cross train with a stres fracture unlike most other injuries

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