Stress Fractures and Unicycling

That sounds painful, Bill. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

My recent experience with foot pain wasn't so severe but it was almost
intolerable while it lasted. I was observing and videoing NUMEN 2007
at Killington and was learning to hop on a borrowed KH20. On one of
the hops, my right heel dropped very low causing the ankle to
experience an extreme upward bending of the toes (hyperflexion?).

The immediate pain wasn't severe and I walked 18 holes at nearby
Killington Golf Course. During the drive back to my condo near Okemo,
the pain became so severe I had to use the cruise control for speed and
my left foot for the brake. When I got home, the pain was so intense I
was actually shaking. A few ibuprofens gave me relief and within 48
hours there was no trace of discomfort. Weird!

I competed as a gymnast and logged 2000+ parachute jumps without a
fracture. Then three years ago I experience a UPD involving hand
versus asphalt. The asphalt won. Had to get three pins inserted
laterally across the palm. This past winter while pacesetting for a
ski race I managed to break two ribs (and then contracted pneumonia).
I hate to acknowledge it but my body may be trying to tell me
something.

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A friend got stress fractures in her ankles presumably from running on
asphalt training for a trialthalon (she's a serious cyclist and rarely
runs). The Doc had her stay away from all impact exercises for 6
weeks. I think she was fine after that. She told me when she could
run again, she would only do it on grass or trails.

patmoore said:

I hate to acknowledge it but my body may be trying to tell me something.

I hope my body never talks to me like that:o

Wait, It already is. If I work out (too) hard after a long break it
takes several days longer to recover.🙁

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I've been having that same problem too, whenever I'm done riding I can't
walk on my left heel. No way am I going to foot doctor though, that
must suck not being able to ride for 4 weeks.

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I know someone who had stress fractures in his ankles from backpacking
in the mountains. I understand he was carrying a heavy backpack.

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I had a stress fracture in my right big toe, the result of UPD-ing off a
Coker on a steep downhill. Landed hard and jammed the toe into the
front of my shoe. That was the lesser injury...the bigger damage was
done by th biggest joint on the toe coming out of socket. That hurt
like crazy for the day it took to get someone to fix it.

I think uni is hardest on the lower legs and feet. Sure you can crash
big and mess something else up. But you're much more likely to fall and
hurt a toe or ankle, or forget pads and get a pedal strike to your calf
or shins. All of those hurt, and some bleed and leave scars.

Best way to keep it from recurring is to: 1) follow all the
presecribed healing steps, even though it will get b-o-r-i-n-g, then 2)
don't ever repeat the types of actions that led to the original
injury.

If choice 2 doesn't appeal to you, then get really good at step 1,
because you will likely be repeating it down the road.

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Update. The left foot has healed nicely and is for the most part 100%. I
now have a boot on my right foot for a couple of weeks. which driving
somewhat of a challenge.

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