Doctor is wrong, cant run

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19 years ago 04/16/2005 7:19am EDT

So a few weeks a go my shins started to hurt, after starting again after a week off after the winter season. My coach had us doing alot of new drills ( skip drills, jump, ect) Maybe that could be part of it. THe pain never really hurt when i ran, it would usually go away as i got warmed up. I got an MRI taken a 10 days ago. While we were waiting for the results the pain has subsided somewhat. When i press on the shin it hurts, but not nearly as much. My physical therpaist said the area is much better than it has been in the past. Yesterday morning the docotor called and said i have multiple stress fractures in both legs. I have a few problems with this

a) it doesnt hurt, usually a stress fracture would hu rt to even walk on, this doesnt even hurt when i run

b)the little pain that there was has subsided (while still training)

c) he told me to take 3 weeks off (thats not nearly enough time for a real stress fracutrE)

d) also an mri doesnt look at the bone it looks at the muscles. SO i dono.

Tell me what you think

19 years ago 04/16/2005 7:42am EDT

re: wow

Go see the doctor. Ask to SEE the fractures that he saw -- on the MRI or bone scan or whatever it was. If he can't point it out to you, he cannot have seen it.

19 years ago 04/16/2005 7:48am EDT

re: wow

Ask to take a bone scan. that you'll be able to see.

19 years ago 04/16/2005 7:51am EDT

re: wow

I had a mri show my sacral stress fracture and I could even see it clearly on the films. They did a ct scan to determine the healing and when I was safe to run again. But be wary of radiologists readings as I have had multiple test read wrong. Get your films and had another radiologist read them if you aren't comfortable with the diagnosis. You should even be able to see the fractures yourself. And if you have tibial stress fractures, there is a grading system that they use 1-4 with 4 being the worst. So make sure that you know the severity.

19 years ago 04/16/2005 8:44am EDT

re: wow

wow wrote:
d) also an mri doesnt look at the bone it looks at the muscles. SO i dono.
Tell me what you think

i think you don\'t know anything about MRIs. they can see bone, muscles, anything inside your body can be seen by an MRI if scanned correctly.

19 years ago 04/16/2005 9:57am EDT

re: c'mon, c'mon

mri's are probably the best, but it takes a good radiologist to read them correctly. I'd definitely get another radiologist to look at the films. I've had them mis-read before.

I had similar symptoms, and it turned out to be a stress reaction (usually a 3 week healing period).

A bone scan will just show a bunch of hot spots and really won't be that helpful.

19 years ago 04/16/2005 1:33pm EDT

re: wow

I would imagine you have a stress fracture. You seem to be playing down the pain in your shins. It was obviously enough to spend the couple thousand dollars to get an MRI in the first place. Take the down time now....there is no purpose in running and really doing damage. I do agree with everyone else though.....make sure you have you MRI's read by another doctor if that will make you feel better about everything.

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