I just found out that the mis-diagnosed "strained hamstring" I had been resting for the last few weeks is, in fact, a stress fracture of the ischial tuberosity (sits bone).
Anyone ever suffer a stress fracture of the sits bone? What's recovery time for this like? Weeks? Months?
Any advice for a guy suffering through a pain in the ass like this?
Thanks.
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Yes, I tried running through my "hamstrings" problems off and on for over a year before a bone scan confirmed that I had a stress fracture of the ischial tuberosity. As I recall, after trying various alternatives, I finally cut out all running for about three months. After I returned to running, I still had residual pain in the area -- which is not uncommon even after a stress fracture has healed -- but that pain eventually subsided.
My advice is to take this injury seriously, and give it plenty of time to heal. It's tempting to try running through it, but it will stay with you forever if you do.
thanks old guy. I tried a couple short runs in the last month, but the pain afterward always sat me right back down.
oldguy wrote:
Yes, I tried running through my "hamstrings" problems off and on for over a year before a bone scan confirmed that I had a stress fracture of the ischial tuberosity. As I recall, after trying various alternatives, I finally cut out all running for about three months. After I returned to running, I still had residual pain in the area -- which is not uncommon even after a stress fracture has healed -- but that pain eventually subsided.
My advice is to take this injury seriously, and give it plenty of time to heal. It's tempting to try running through it, but it will stay with you forever if you do.
dsf:
can you describe what the pain felt like before you found out you had a stress fracture, I have pain on my ischial tuberosity...it is a shooting pain, traveling down my hamstrings. The pain is so intence that it is difficult to stretch, I originally thought it is scar tissue resulting from a small muscle tear in the area that is causing am imbalance of the muscle fibers...now I wonder! If you could describe your pain, it may help me. Thank you! It's tough getting old!
Runner Kim
hey kim, if your pain is traveling down your leg like that it's most likely nerve irritation.the sciatica is a big one that bothers runners often. it sounds like that is what is bothering you. try and stretch it as much as possible and a little time off would be beneficial too.
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