MightySparrow
05-30-2012, 18:54
Hey guys!
I thought I'd join whiteblaze and check the site out! I heard a lot about it so far on my thru hikeand since I have nothing but time on my hands at the moment, I was hoping I could get some advice.
Got a question for those of you who have experienced this injury when hiking. I made it a month and a half, was up in Grayson Highlands back on May 8th when I suddenly started to get some bad foot pain-- took a zero at Thomas Knob shelter and then had to push on to get to the next road when my foot wasn't feeling any better even after long periods of rest. After getting it checked out, I found I had a metatarsal stress fracture on my second metatarsal. I've been resting my foot, icing it and getting plenty of rest since then but I have to wonder when I should be good to get back onto the trail. Does anyone know other hikers who have dealt with stress fractures and what their waiting period was? Any advice or tips out there? At this point, I am going without any pain, still minor swelling near the spot the stress fracture occurred and I've formed a pretty solid bone callus but I don't want to risk the stress fracture coming back with a vengeance.
Thanks to all those who might know a bit on stress fractures or who have experienced something similar.
I thought I'd join whiteblaze and check the site out! I heard a lot about it so far on my thru hikeand since I have nothing but time on my hands at the moment, I was hoping I could get some advice.
Got a question for those of you who have experienced this injury when hiking. I made it a month and a half, was up in Grayson Highlands back on May 8th when I suddenly started to get some bad foot pain-- took a zero at Thomas Knob shelter and then had to push on to get to the next road when my foot wasn't feeling any better even after long periods of rest. After getting it checked out, I found I had a metatarsal stress fracture on my second metatarsal. I've been resting my foot, icing it and getting plenty of rest since then but I have to wonder when I should be good to get back onto the trail. Does anyone know other hikers who have dealt with stress fractures and what their waiting period was? Any advice or tips out there? At this point, I am going without any pain, still minor swelling near the spot the stress fracture occurred and I've formed a pretty solid bone callus but I don't want to risk the stress fracture coming back with a vengeance.
Thanks to all those who might know a bit on stress fractures or who have experienced something similar.