Let's say you're out on a run and you start feeling some aching pain in your foot. The next day you wake up, it really hurts when you step out of bed.
You go see a doctor and you're told you have a stress fracture.
Being told you have a stress fracture is a real bummer because the doctor will probably tell you it will take about six weeks to heal. Then things get worse...
You are told you need to wear a fracture walking boot for about four to six weeks, and of course, you can't run during that time.
After you wallow in tears, you decide to be a "good patient." You go with the plan.
You sit around in the boot.
You don't do anything.
You don't take the boot off.
You don't run.
You don't exercise.
And a month or two later...you finally get clearance to run!
But when you first go for your run, everything feels super stiff! Your running form is terrible. You feel really slow. But more than anything else, you really notice how super stiff everything feels around the ankle.
Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast, we're talking about how ankle stiffness can lead to another stress fracture in a recovering runner.
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3 ways a doctor convinces you you need plantar plate surgery
When can you resume pushups with hallux rigidus?
The 3 problems (not 2) solved by boot and crutches
Plantar plate surgery is a failure to act quickly
How self judgment may be slowing your injury recovery
Chronic stress reaction versus acute on chronic stress reaction in a runner
Radiologist and Orthopedic doctor disagree on my stress fracture diagnosis
Difference between MRI vs MRA in runner with ankle injury
2 Ways running shoes cause shin splints
2 reasons toe drifts sideways with plantar plate injury
3 Phases of ankle sprain recovery in runners
Doctor missed fracture on my X-rays
Calcaneal stress fracture in runners good news bad news
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Orthopedic doctor said come back 4 weeks after fracture
Can I use a bone stimulator for a broken toe?
Medial calcaneal neuritis vs Baxter's neuritis in runners with heel pain
How dress shoes with long toe box act as a lever to stress plantar plate
Can a Cortisone injection as stop gap for plantar fasciitis in runner
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