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15 years ago 02/03/2011 8:42am EST

I had my first stress fracture of the second metatarsal 7 months ago. I took 6.5 weeks off only cross training and then built running up very gradually over the next 5 weeks. For the last 12 weeks training has been going well and I have not ran over 70 miles. Recently my foot hasn’t felt right and I noticed a slight tender spot at the side of the bone callous between my first and second met – could this be the stress fracture returning or just the callous breaking up slightly? It does not hurt to hop on the foot. Are there any nerves or ligaments that it could be interfering with. Has anyone experienced anything like this before.

15 years ago 02/03/2011 1:25pm EST

re: Bone callous pain

15 years ago 02/03/2011 3:57pm EST

re: Bone callous pain

Not much to offer, but I'm also interested in the responses you get. I also have a 2nd met fracture. I've been coming back VERY carefully (I was cleared to run at 7 weeks, took another week of just cross training, and then have ramped up over the past 5 weeks from 2 MPW to 5 MPW, to 12MPW (2 weeks in a row) to hopefully 20 MPW this week.

I definitely have a very slight tender spot, and a lot of stiffness. I'm not quite sure what it all means, so I'm trying to monitor it and be smart, but continue with the running.

15 years ago 02/04/2011 7:43am EST

re: Bone callous pain

I have the same problem - there is no pain when pushing on the bone from the top but there is a tender area near the callous between the first and second metatarsal. Anyone else have any experience of this. Has it gone away after a couple of weeks or did it get worse??

15 years ago 02/04/2011 10:32am EST

re: Please please

Where the hell are the dang foot doctors on here! I know two who post on here. Can't you guys get into xray and get some views of what is going on with the interior of the injury? If I was your coach I'd have you guys in xray so damn fast. I'd pay for it. Dang I hate this stress fracture injury stuff. Good luck you guys hang in there.

15 years ago 02/04/2011 11:25am EST

re: Me for the Win!

Me for the Win! wrote:
Can't you guys get into xray and get some views of what is going on with the interior of the injury? If I was your coach I'd have you guys in xray so damn fast.

Of course, X-rays don't show everything. I definitely would go in for another one (and have no problem paying), if it was justified. But I don't think it is yet. It's very mild (not really any pain), and so I don't see any reason to expose myself to more radiation at this point.

It seems like this experience is fairly normal among those of us who have experienced it -- but it certainly helps to read more "me too" responses, or "I felt this too, and it was nothing" (or, alternately, "it was a very bad sign").

15 years ago 02/04/2011 11:36am EST

re: Darkwave

If you have a previous stress fracture in the area surely the x-ray will just show that up that fracture and not the new one?

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