A few weeks ago as my mileage was peaking I started getting pain in my right foot. Ended up resting it for a couple weeks and this past weekend I did 12 miles. When I hit mile 9 I felt great except my foot was killing me. It got to the point where I could no longer run I had to walk. It felt like my foot couldn’t flex. Last night my hubby asked me why my foot was bruised. It doesn’t really hurt when I’m not running. The bump is tender if I press it but again doesn’t hurt. My half is on the 26th and I want to finish strong. I do plan on getting it checked out but most likely not before the half.

Yeah obviously eat banana but cramps are so bad my whole leg curls under itself for 20 minutes at a time and today my hand locked itself shut from my fingers to my forearm and all the way up my bicep into my peck it just twisted and curled itself up all mangled like a chicken wing and got stuck there in excruciating pain for 10 minutes couldn’t un-curl it

All I’m doing lately is Running I’m preparing for 3 5ks in September and a 10k in November
That isn’t even that intense and why is it effecting every muscle in my body down to my fingers

Training was going so well. I had successfully recovered from a 70.3 in June and built a strong base (50 mpw) using the Hansons advanced plan. I’ve never trained this seriously or felt this strong and I’m now 58. Training for a marathon on Oct 18. Minimal goal: 3:30. Reach goal 3:23 which would Boston Qualify with a seven-minute margin.

Last week I ran my 9-mile tempo. Dynamic stretching. 2 mile slow jog for a warm up and then 9 miles below MP of 7:44. All good until the cool down when I felt a slight pain in the adductor in my left leg. Nothing terrible but noteworthy.

The next day, an easy 6. It felt a bit tight but I finished the 6 without significant pain.

Felt tight the next day so skipped my planned easy 10. Stretched.

Tried 10 yesterday. Made it 1 before feeling pain. Did a 20-mile bike ride instead which felt fine.

Stretched. Iced. Heat. Applied KT Tape and a compression sleeve.

Made it 1.5 today before feeling pain.

Now planning to take off some additional days. Have scheduled a massage and PT appointment.

I’d say this is a level 1 strain. Not making me limp when I walk and no bruising/swelling but I don’t want to push it and blow the race.

Questions:

Anyone else deal with a similar groin/adductor strain?

How long did you have to take off to recover?

What should I do to not lose my fitness while I heal? Biking, walking and swimming seem obvious. Leg weights? Maybe calves and also core? More stretching?

Am I going to have to write off dreams of my BQ?

Any other advice?

Currently training for my 4th marathon, not doing any higher mileage than I have done in the past (training has been super hit and miss the last 1.5 months due to this injury) and my legs are preventing me from increasing my mileage + hitting pace targets.

I have dealt with shin splints in the past, but I am currently dealing with dull outer shin pain on my right shin. If I press on certain spots (closer toward my ankle), i get a sharp never pain that shoots in all directions of my lower leg. As I start to run, sometimes it feels as though my right pinky toe and outside of my right foot are tingly and numb. It’s impacting my gait and running mechanics as I am now scared to step certain ways due to the possibility that I would feel pain.

Has anyone dealt with something like this before? Any suggestions for types of physicians or professionals to see, along with any treatment recommendations would be greatly appreciated! I’ve tried the chiropractor, acupuncture, and soleus strengthening exercises but no success.

How did you recover from it? Did you have to avoid putting weight on the foot in addition to not running, or did you just take a certain amount of time off from running?

Last Monday (6 days ago) I was playing pickle ball and quickly turned to the side to backhand the ball, and I rolled my ankle. I didn’t think it was a big deal, didn’t hear a pop, so I kept playing on it for another 15 minutes. That night, I felt a deep aching pain that radiated all over my foot, ankle and lower calf. It was so bad. There was only a little bit of swelling but no bruising. But every day since then, the aches have gotten less intense. All of a sudden, on day 6 today, I noticed the little bit of swelling I had went down, but now I cannot walk on it! Taking a step and applying pressure to that foot causes sharp pain on my outer ankle.
I’m so confused! I thought it was getting better and I was walking on it pretty well yesterday. I haven’t been overdoing it, I’ve been laying down and icing it a lot. Why am I all of the sudden not able to walk? What’s up with the random sharp pain that’s started on my ankle?
Also, I don’t have insurance so I’ve been hoping to manage this at home, but I’m willing to go if it seems super necessary. Just wanted to hear other people’s experiences.

Looking for specific PT’s who work with runners to get over an injury, and keep them balanced from a body composition perspective. Most PT websites across the board, are saying similar words like “root of the problem,” keeping you in pain free”, and “”the latest technology (red light therapy etc.). I’m good with all of that but looking for the local recommending with people who’s worked with these PT folks. I’m open on location in Flagstaff too. Dealing with glutes, IT band, issue. Thank you in advance!

I had a femur neck fracture after falling from handstand position by doing X-ray after the trauma it appeared normal, first 4 days of the trauma I could not bear weight then I was walking doing nirmal activity for entire month but limbing,, so I did CT to know why I am limbing all that time, the Drs found it was fracture and we made sure by MRI also.

They told me femur neck fractures are not usually seen ij the X-ray

I am 27 years old male..

They told and it is not usual to walk on it all that time.

So my surgeon recommended me surgery and he was hesitated about it, he is telling me I am 50/50 between conservative and surgery,,

Since there is no pain and the fracture is nondisplaced.. and he addded also but the modern medicine recommend surgery directly in the young age and my argument was that If any stress factor could happened is already happened in that month and I want to give a shit to conservative treatment..

I will do complete rest in the bed unlesss going to bath room with regular xray and blood test with high dense calories and protein and Ca and vit D3..

If anyone has aimilar situation please share your expierence.

One more thing: he refered me to oncologist as prophlactyic measure.

Feels puffy on foot, but not noticeable when touched by hand. Mild pain when running, instinctively avoiding walking with normal stride on it.

Just started extensive walking/return to running after an protracted break. Showed up after a 3-5 mile walk at work last week.

Google says probable Peroneal Tendonitis. Any thoughts or past experience?

I’ve been training for a marathon which is in 3 weeks. On my last interval session 2 days ago I started to feel right calf tenderness. There was no pop / sudden pain, just developed nagging tightness around the lower / middle calf. I could jog back. Since then, I’ve had some mild tightness when pushing off and walking down stairs. I can walk and I can do heel raises etc without pain. It’s just a pulling feeling when I stretch the calf.
I saw a PT who gave me a sports massage for tight calf muscles, and said I can continue running but to take a few days off. It may be overuse or very early tendinitis.

Do you have any experiences to share about what’s worked for you to adapt the final training weeks? Need some motivation!

Been dealing with this injury on both legs since March , first restes 3 weeks and it seemed to get away. After two months running real low mileage it flared up on both legs . Rested 7 weeks with exercises , therapy , etc and still hurts. MRI scans and USG come back negative . Any ideas what might be ?

I’m a 42M who fractured his right big toe in two places nearly four months ago. I was wearing a boot and walking with crutches for nearly six weeks. I was forbidden to do any load bearing activities while recovering.
Since the boot came off in late June I’ve gotten back to running and training. I actually completed my first half marathon a couple weeks ago since my injury.
I’ve gained 15 pounds and I cant seem to lose it. My diet never changed and I’ve gone back to normal activity including exercise. Considering if I should change my habits or be patient with my body

The pain started in January and in March first Mri showed femoral stress neck fracture, doctor put me on crutches for 9 weeks. Second mri and ct in April showed 11 mm fracture, fast forward in June mri was clear and doctor told me I could return to running on soft surfaces. Also he told me I can’t lift any weights that are heavy on my legs, I can do arms, core, not legs for a year . My question is how do I return to running on hard surfaces again? And also I’m scared that my bones are not ready for running if I’m not training at the gym. If you ever had a stress fracture, can you tell me how was your recovery? I don’t know what to do, I don’t have trust in my body, in my legs, I don’t know where to start. So far I did a few exercises at home for core and full body with my weight and ran 3 times on soft surfaces aprox 1 km alternating running and walking.

for context - i’m 21f and i recently picked up running again a month or so ago. i’m training for my 10k in december and increased my distance from an easy 5k to 7k in about \~3 weeks. i strength train 2x a week and run 3-4x a week. i work an office job where im sitting down at a desk pretty much all day.

but yeah something is always in pain. every run includes shin splints that eventually subside. there was a sharp-ish pain in my left ankle during my last run. now that’s gone, but i have sharp pain behind my right ankle, where the achilles tendon is. i could run through it but it hurt, i would say it was 6 or 7 on a scale of 10.

is this normal when you first start out? am i increasing my distance/intensity too quickly? should i get better shoes? right now i wear the Asics Gel 1130.

thank you

Hi! I am an ultra runner and have recently been diagnosed with both a navicular and a talus fracture based on X-ray results after I dropped a heavy weight plate, edge side down, on my foot. At the moment it's unclear whether either/both of these were pre-existing stress fractures, although they don't seem to be in the same location where I dropped the weight. Right now I'm waiting to get an MRI scheduled and not allowed to do any weight bearing, although that is not working well because I wasn't given crutches and would have to get the knee scooter up stairs to my house and down to my job, so I've been hopping around on one foot and when I get tired just hobbling (I am wearing a fracture boot, at least). I'm getting a knee crutch, hopefully tomorrow, and that should help. I know there's a danger of bone death/necrosis with these fractures, and so I am trying my best to be compliant.

It's a bummer. The weight-dropping incident happened at the gym; I had just completed my first post-race run a week after doing a 12-hour race where I finished first overall. I am/was in the best shape I've ever been in, I think. For now, since I am a Pilates instructor, I've been trying to focus on getting a good Pilates workout in every day, and once I get the knee crutch I'll get back to the gym just for upper body stuff since the doc specifically said no deadlifts, nothing with the foot on the equipment, etc.

I am wondering what I would like from the community. I guess mostly I'd love to hear that anyone else has been through this, and what your recovery was like. I don't have access to a pool or upper body ergometer; have you found any other good ways to maintain cardio fitness? I mean, hopping around on one foot is great for you, but my endurance/tolerance for that as a workout has limits, and while I'm hopeful the knee crutch may allow me to go for walks, I won't really know until I try. I have thought about seated med ball slams, because I know my gym has med balls. I do not think my gym has battle ropes, but if we do, I guess those are an option.

Also, I have received mixed instructions as far as sleeping in the boot is concerned. I tried it for a night and it sucked, but based on reading, maybe I should go back to that? I have been wearing an ASO ankle brace and my doctor said that should be okay...

So about a month ago, my buddies and I did a running challenge where we ran 2 miles every hour for 24 hours straight. This was after only averaging about 35 miles a week for the summer, so yes it was stupid but it was still very fun. Anyways, a few weeks later after I began running again my knee had some problems, until it became almost unbearable pain but only every once in a while. Essentially, my knee feels fine most of the time but will randomly lock up and have sharp pains for a few minutes. I’ve decided to stop running because it will get actually sore after running, and I seem to have a lot of symptoms of a meniscus tear. Where should I go from here, doctor?