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IArunner Junior Member Posts: 4 |
posted 09-03-2002 01:48 PM
  
My coaches think I have a stress fracture and I have a bone scan scheduled later for me. I can't stand not knowing for a couple more days, so I want to know what it feels like. Let me know if anyone has had one! IP: Logged |
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PimpiNerd Member Posts: 504 |
posted 09-03-2002 02:33 PM
It's been a while since I had one, but... There is a specific area which at first aches while running, but is manageable. Then the pain becomes a little more pronounced, and it aches longer after your runs. It eventually gets to the point where the spot throbs at night and while sitting--most of the time, and when you try running, there is a searing pain which makes it imposable not to hoble. IP: Logged |
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BillCarr Member Posts: 43 |
posted 09-03-2002 03:14 PM
The most obvious symptom which can differentiate it from muscle problems is the awareness of pinpoint pain. You can take your index finger and literally point to an area the size of a quarter where the fracture is. Mine were so obvious they showed up on a simple x-ray as a giant white line of new bone (indicating an existing stress fracture). The pain may be bearable for walking, but torture for running. Muscle pain is usually in an "area" rather than in a spot. Stress fractures aren't the end of the world; surprisingly if you can just deal with not running for 4-6 weeks you will probably be completely healed. Many muscle injuries can go on and on with reinjury etc. Aqua-Jog away ! IP: Logged |
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shleahsp Junior Member Posts: 6 |
posted 09-03-2002 03:33 PM
i have had a few stress fractures. the ones in the tibia were easy to pin point. but for me, the ones i have had in the fibula were misdiagnosed for months as muscular injuries. i still had the throbbing and terrible pain, but it was more of an area than a specific spot. it finally took a few bone scans and mri's to figure it out. the bonescan will tell you for sure if your injury is a fracture. IP: Logged |
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himmelskip Junior Member Posts: 7 |
posted 09-03-2002 05:27 PM
Stresss fractures show up on plain films when they begin to heal - not as a sign of severity IP: Logged |
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IArunner Junior Member Posts: 4 |
posted 09-03-2002 06:11 PM
Thanks for all the input. I guess I sort of have what what posted. Before, when I was running, I would limp the first 3 mintues and finally be able to zone it out. However, when I stopped running it would be extreme pain again. I notice it gets progressively worse throughout the day and feels like a dull, annoying pain. At night the dullness continues and sometimes I feel weird shivers through my shin, but it feels painful at the "spot". Does that sound like a stress fracture? IP: Logged |
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PimpiNerd Member Posts: 504 |
posted 09-03-2002 11:30 PM
IA, most defenitely. IP: Logged |
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Mary_Thon02 Member Posts: 216 |
posted 09-04-2002 09:14 AM
i had one in my fibula, almost impossible to diagnose, it seems. By the time we found out it was too late and i had "tried" to run on it for months. it was an extreme pain that got so bad that i was unable to walk across a room at times and had to crawl up my stairs. IP: Logged |
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BillCarr Member Posts: 43 |
posted 09-04-2002 09:46 AM
I believe fibulas are harder to diagnose because they carry a much smaller amount of your body weight compared to the larger tibia (shin) bone. IP: Logged |
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Run2Far Member Posts: 33 |
posted 09-04-2002 09:58 AM
I've not had a stress fracture but I had something close - I had a really bad ankle twist and pulled the fascia away from the bone on the inside of my tib, just above my ankle. The injury pulls a tiny crack in the bone, so it's a lot like a stress fracture. Try the "hop test." Try to hop normally on the affected leg. If you can't, there is definitely a bone injury. Bone scans aren't always accurate - all they show is increased uptake of dye or "hotspots" and many things can cause that. You can pick a random group of a dozen runners and at least a couple who have no symptoms will have hotspots show up on a bone scan. Xrays don't always show a stress fracture either, but usually show one during the healing process - but that might be 3 weeks into the injury. MRIs will definitely pick it up, though, but they're very expensive. The "hop test" is free and pretty accurate. It's also a good way to test the healing - when you can hop around the house normally, you can run. IP: Logged |
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IArunner Junior Member Posts: 4 |
posted 09-05-2002 05:23 PM
You guys were right on. I do have a stress fracture. Thanks! IP: Logged |
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Meg Junior Member Posts: 11 |
posted 09-05-2002 06:23 PM
Sorry to hear it! Good luck with the recovery. Learn to love pool running, it can help a lot. IP: Logged |
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dgs0323 Junior Member Posts: 11 |
posted 09-09-2002 04:57 PM
i was reading that some of you have had stress fractures of the fibia and i was wondering if it was safe to bike while taking time off of running, because am faced with the same situation IP: Logged |
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himmelskip Junior Member Posts: 7 |
posted 09-12-2002 01:06 PM
BTW - dgs0323 - it is your FIBULA, no such thing as a "fibia" (that would be your TIBIA)... IP: Logged |
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Mary_Thon02 Member Posts: 216 |
posted 09-12-2002 03:00 PM
i had one in my fibula and here is my advice. If it hurts to do it, don't. I worked with a coach who didn't follow that advice too well and ended up making matters worse. IP: Logged |
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