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5th Metatarsal Avulsion Fracture Experience
I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience with having a 5th metatarsal avulsion fracture, surgery to repair it, and a return to running? I have one and am most likely going to have surgery to fix it. I've been conversing with rroof and am pretty happy with the route my local doc and I are probably going to go - just curious if anybody here has had a similar experience and how it went for them.

Background:

Between July 1 and July 12 - inversion while running. Right foot is sore in the peroneus brevis area. Very tender to the touch, but quite managable while running. Pain tends to subside after a few minutes

Converse with rroof and a few local medical friends - I feel safe/comfortable/confident that it's just tendonitis. No issues running long/fast/etc. Pain is pretty minor, ice and ibeuprofen make it hardly noticable.

August - become pretty adapted to it - no improvemet no worse

September 13th - IMWI

September 25th - no improvement after a week of no running, so I get long over due [in hindsight] x-rays. Definately broken. Discussions pursue - decide to continue to train for IMFL because of low pain level, mostly because of substandard IMWI

November 7th - IMFL

November 18th - Visit a different local doc (insurance reasons) - to discuss strategies to heal/fix. Short story is - due to age of break, need to go in freshen it up, and put in screw. Long recovery after.


As I said - wondering what other folks out there with a similar injury have had as a recovery experience - thanks!




Last edited by: sentania: Jun 10, 10 11:56

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