Count down begins, game plan for coming out of 6week recovery?

Ok, sorry for doing this, I

Ok, sorry for doing this, I know it's against the rules and all that but I'd like to bring this topic back on track. :p

Zumba, I didn't run at all this winter and before that I had two months of barefooting behind me, I'd worked myself up to about 6 miles per run in that time. From September to mid-March I didn't run except to catch the bus so I think this could be comparable to your situation. I pretty much just cut the mileage I had been doing in half and started there, building slowly back up. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you've done a bit of running before the fracture you don't have to go back to square one, just do what feels good and you'll be fine.
 
oh BB, do we have to?? lol

oh BB, do we have to?? lol That's great advice. I was up to about 20-25mi/week runs ranging from 5-14mi. Maybe I'll try for a mile for my first run and see how it goes, have never recovered from a running injury so starting up again will be a whole new experience. If you can take a 6mo hiatus from running and start up at half the mileage...I think I can manage a 10th of my distance to start :p I hope. Thanks for your input!
 
Zum, I'm curious, what

Zum, I'm curious, what treatment did you have to do for your stress fracture? Did you have to wear a special shoe or wrap your foot? What about icing or heat treatments? Also were you taking any meds for this? I ask because I'm going through some very stubborn TOFP in my right foot and I have not run in over 3 weeks because of it. I can't localize the pain by pressing on my foot and it doesn't hurt when I move my toes side to side. Just when i walk there is some mild pain and none when I am sitting.
 
Miqie, my doc is pretty laid

Miqie, my doc is pretty laid back and didn't put me in a boot or drug me up or anything too medical. He said a good solid soled hiking boot or shoe would do the trick. I wore it religiously for about 3 weeks, then have been (doing my usual barefooting around though sort of cautiously walking on it, slowly adding more pressure to that foot as the weeks pass). It still gets a bit achy when I do too much on it, so I just make sure to listen and back off a bit

Does your foot hurt when you walk on it or put pressure on it? I don't think that typical tofp should last weeks, days perhaps but weeks is a long time. You may be looking at a minor stress fracture, or the beginning of one. Looking back, I think I was having some "tofp" toward the end of my half training and didn't think much of it, the race probably just put me over the edge. If it's sore, muscle sore, that's normal but if it's painful even achy painful...it's probably a bit more than just regular tofp. Have you tried pressing along each of the metatarsals? Another think my doc did, you may have to have someone do this for you. Bend the toe downward, then at the base knuckle, flick the knuckle and the pain will resonate to the point where the bone is injured. Did for me anyway. Try it to each of your toes and see what happens. Keeping pressure off of it, getting lots of calcium and vit d, resting it, and wrapping it with an ace bandage over top of a hard soled sandal is basically all I did.

GL, hope it isn't a stress fracture, though if it is...you're already 3 weeks into the typical 6 week recovery.
 
Zum, thanks for your reply. 

Zum, thanks for your reply. It never has hurt real bad, just a mild pain when I walk on it and it seems to come and go. As I said, I can't press on it anywhere to make it hurt, but there is some mild swelling and discoloration about 3 inches back from the 1st and 2nd toe. I don't think I really did enough BFR to cause a stress fracture. I was nowhere near your level, maybe up to almost 1 mile twice a week and mostly on grass. Since I have always been prone to tendonitis and consequently very slow healing, I just think that's what it is. I am icing it twice a day and taking naproxin. BTW, if you haven't already, put your doc on the podiatrist map that they have now.
 
Zumba's Doc is a family

Zumba's Doc is a family practice guy, not a podiatrist. If someone needed a referal they would probably not go to an all around family Doc.

Zumba did because it was her local family practitioner.
 
LB's right, just a family

LB's right, just a family doc..not a specialist. He's an awesome doc though.

Keep us posted on that foot, hopefully it's just some bruising and you'll be good to go in no time
 
So Zum, have you got the OK

So Zum, have you got the OK to start back running? If so, what kind of schedule do you have planned out? Are you going back to the basics? I finally went to the doctor Tues. after TOFP and no running since early June. I know thats quite a delay, but I thought that I could deal with it myself. It did progress to a certain point, but there was still enough pain to keep me from running and didn't seem to get completely healed. Xrays showed no break, although sometimes they don't. His main reason for saying that it was not broken was after manipulating my foot and toes, he really could not cause me any pain. My pain comes when I take a step, as my heel comes off the ground and my forefoot starts to bend. He did a special taping job on it and seems to really help take the pressure off when I walk. I'll be on my bike for a few more weeks.
 
I'm still guessing that it's

I'm still guessing that it's a stress fracture Miqie, based on your description of the pain. A stress fractures won't likely show up until the healing process has begun (from what I understand), esp if it's a hairline fracture. The fact that it's been painful for this amount of time, leads me to believe that it's more than just tofp. Anywho, hope the tape job and keeping off of it does the trick for you.

I pretty much gave myself the go ahead when I hit 6 weeks. I started doing Zumba around week 5 and it felt pretty good so I ventured into a .5mi run, then a 2mi run 3 days later, and today did 3.8mi. So I'll keep the distance between 2-4mi for a while and make sure to get a few days rest in between. I have to discipline myself to not increase mileage more than that for a while (which is hard because it feels good). Still a bit achy and weak feeling during my run, but post run, it feels good. Time and patience are key. Lots of calcium and vitamin d too my friend :) Good luck, I was wondering about how things were going for you. Thanks for the update, keep me posted and hang in there.