I just had my calcium and Vitamin D levels tested with Insidetracker, and both were in the normal range (which I tried hard to make sound legit when I explained to my doctor, haha). Although we're going to get my bone density tested as a precaution (despite not having the Female Athlete Triad ), and in a few weeks I'll go to physical therapy and get my gait analyzed to see if it's something bio-mechanical in how I'm running as well as re-strengthen my foot. The doctor think it is just an overuse activity from running and marathon training since nothing else seems glaring wrong. As a future clinician the science of it all and looking at my MRI was pretty cool. Honestly the tendinosis is bothering me on the bottom/side outer edge of my foot more lately. My doctor said it's a stress fracture from what he sees on the MRI despite there not being a ton of pain. It hurts more when he presses on it than the next toe but not a ton and way less than there was initially. The MRI saw some bursitis between my 2nd, 3rd, 4th metatarsals (inflammation between my toes), tendinosis and fluid at my peroneal longus tendon (inflammation in my tendon along the outer edge of my foot), and a 4th metatarsal stress reaction ( stress fracture almost in my 4th toe). Perhaps for another post, but MRIs are SO weird. So I called my doctor and got an MRI scheduled for 10/29. After the run it was in a lot of pain- no bueno. Monday 10/24 I went for a 9 mile run with a friend, and my foot felt great until just after mile 4 where it was in pain. I did a couple shorter runs with my training group (3, 4 miles), and it felt a lot better. Things felt good and the X-Rays came back clear. I've never had any injuries so I was freaked out and wanted to get it looked at. It was feeling better later that week by the time of the appointment I made with the orthopedist. I took a a bunch of rest days, iced my foot, and used some KT tape to tape it up. It was mostly this pain on the outside of my foot which made me suspect tendinosis, but there was also this achy not sharp pain on the bottom top and heel of my foot that also felt kinda burning sometimes. In fact it continued to hurt the next couple of day as I took each step walking. The next day as I took my first steps during my run with the Charm City Run training group I was coaching, I had pain on the bottom side of my foot that did not go away. It was super fun and the excitement got to me so I ran a little fast. So 6 days after the Chicago Marathon on 10/9 and a couple easy runs, I decided to run the 5K and a leg of the marathon relay (Leg 4- 7 miles) at the Baltimore Running Festival on 10/15/16. Most stress fractures are caused by overuse and repetitive activity, and are common in runners and athletes who participate in running sports, such as soccer and basketball." Recovery time for healing is 6-8 weeks. According to OrthoInfo a stress fracture is " a small crack in a bone, or severe bruising within a bone.
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