stress fracture in the sacrum: advice?

It usually takes time and patience for a stree fracture in the scrotum to heal properly.

I would be on the cautious side of a sacral stress fracture and estimate 6-8 weeks. I have heard up to 3 months depending on all of the factors.

Stick with swimming for activity if you can, and then riding as bike.

good luck, I thought I had a stress fracture in my hip also, and got a MRI last week and I have a slipped disc in my lower back at the waist that is causing my pain. I have not run isn 4 weeks, and don't expect to for another 2 weeks at least.

Got a bad stress fracture in my hip... going to have been on bike/in pool for 7 months before being back to start running.

It must hurt to stress fracture your nut sac.

To the original poster---my sacrum gives me a helluva lot of trouble, but I have never gotten a stress fracture in it. Just be patient and give it time because if your sacrum is out of whack, everything hurts and you'll never run normally.

Make sure you take a solid 2 monthes off. Don't reinjure yourself trying to stay in shape. The sacrum is a tender area and needs more time than other places to heal. Don't do any running activity or eliptical running. The safest bet is the bike, but don't overdue that either. My suggestion as known from personal experience and others is to do lots of core work during those 2 monthes off with 10 minutes of bike (to get your blood flowing) beforehand. Also, tanning helps. Not only does this activity give you higher self esteem because you look good, it allows you to sweat all that extra sweat that you normally would run off. And, i don't know about you, but most runners tend to sweat way more than the average person...But seriously, focus on your xc season. I am sorry that you won't be able to focus on racing this summer, its tough when you have built such a base and aren't able to show it off, but hey, who said running is an easy sport? Staying psychologically stable and mentally tough through this injury will make you want it more. I hope that everything works out with you and you have a successful xc season. Best of luck with core strengthening.

Kevin Sullivan had one. Read Sub 4:00. He couldn't do ANY cross training after he found out. That really sucks man. I got one in my foot that is getting better, it sucks. I think the pool might work for that, I gotta bike with the foot (it actually makes it feel better), the pool hurt it.

I've got one in my sacrum now too. I tried running on it a couple times before I found out what it was. After that I rode a bike for 2-3 weeks, took a week almost completely off (spring break to the beach where I swam a few times). About week 4 I could ride an eliptical with no pain. Now at week 5-6 ive gone on a few very short runs (1-2miles)with little ill effect. All the while Ive been swimming and aqua jogging too. Basically what I was told is let the pain be your guide. Anything you do where it does not hurt is ok. Im racing tom too, ha thats gonna be ugly.

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