running with stitches in foot

I am trying to eat here, gross.

Pre ran with stitches, so can he. Have some guts (kidding).

This sounds like a question for Dr. Fullem... Drop him an email.

fullem has not only encouraged, but demanded that a guy with no skin left on his soles run 2 more legs at hood to coast. he'll give some stitches the go ahead!.....just kidding fullem. - sehon

Rojo

I seem to recall Moise Joseph of Florida having a similar injury last year -- which also resulted from a spike during indoor competition.

I'm not sure how often US collegiate coaches share information on this sort of thing, but it might be worth a call.

Martin

Rojo, please don't show us that picture of his Johnson. And I don't think that Fullem is THAT kind of a doctor?

at IC4A's in XC i got trampled in franklin park some years back, and after the race i ended up with 12 stitches on my heel and achilles and i took a couple of days off, and then ran the NCAA meet. i think if he can run, and not rip it back open, and keep it clean he should be fine. since it's not in a cosmetic area, the stretching/scarring shouldn't be an issue. so i think if he's physically able to run, without hindering his stride much, it's probably a worthwhile venture. if not, it's just a further risk of injury.

News of that injury spread quick, as Steve Walsh (coach at Penn) told me about the sheer foulness of it.

best of luck at the Heps.

- scott tantino.

lol gross.

I had 8 stitches near my knee last year. I took 5 days off & then when I starting running again, I took it really easy because it felt like I was going to rip the stitches out. I got the stitches out on day 10, and continued taking it easy, as it felt like the wound was going to rip open. By day 14 or 15 I was close enough to 100% to start going hard again.

Your shore its okay fore him too run sew soon?

Poor kid got a broken Johnson.....

Sehon is referring to our leadoff guys at Hood to Coast. Norbert Berenyi beat the NIKE elites off the mountain twice (Shannon Lemora, 3:37 1500 guy was one of them). In the process Norbs would have all the skin ripped off his sole. I never had to say anything, there was never any question that he would run his remaining 2 legs (it's not like he was from Penn State and would back out causing some of his teamates to run 4 or 5 times ;))

Rojo, the top of the foot should heal pretty fast. After 3-4 days he should be fine to do some light running. I would recommend applying some steri-strips over the area to help keep the wound edges together. The trainers should have access to them. I have some other suggestions if you want to give me a buzz or shoot me an e-mail, Weldon has my cell #

Brian

In HS I had a mole removed from the top of my right foot. It was a deep and pretty big incision, about the size of a quarter. I took off 3 days, and then started running on grass. It felt like the stitches were ripping at my skin, and there was some blood, but it held up OK, and I was totally back to normal (doing hard 200's) about a week after the stitches were first in. Hope it works out OK.

Last year I went into the doctors to get a small growth removed from my inner thigh about 8 inches above my knee. The doctor was a former runner, so he put some extra stitching in. Well, the next day I was on a stationary bike and in less than two weeks I was running with the stitches. The stretching in that area wasn't a lot, but more than what it would be on your foot. I would wrap athletic tape around my leg and it would help with the stretching. Maybe try that on his foot?