Initially, the break was displaced and when I felt the bone sticking out, I realigned it. I have a prescription foot insole and I have been walking normal since about week ten. I used goat’s milk instead of cow’s milk because I had a fracture before, my wrist, and it took like four months to come out of a cast and two more months to come out of a brace and so I decided to try the goat’s milk. I used the calcium supplements and milk to build the bone/cartilage and protein powder and eggs to build the muscle/tendons in the foot. I also drank goat's milk with vanilla whey protein powder, which is surprisingly delicious! I also ate a lot of eggs. I took supplements like calcium magnesium and B Essential Vitamins. On May 24th, I stopped wearing the boot and now I'm in a prescription insole. I would increase the time I spent on the bike from 30, 45, 60, 75, to finally 90 minutes on the bike and I used the bike about three times a week. I ate a lot of fruit because Spring had sprung and it was starting to get really warm outside. I lost about fifteen pound during this ordeal because carrying myself on crutches helped me to realize what I already knew I needed to lose some weight and so I did. My foot and my mood felt better and I was happy that I had some control over my situation. The more I used the bike, the better I felt and the less it swelled. The doc said that swelling after exercise is normal. In fact, I used R.I.C.E.: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation and the swelling went down overnight. I propped it up overnight and it was fine the next morning. Let me warn you after the first time I used the bike, my foot swelled up a little. I propped the broken foot on the back of the bike pedal and pedaled with my good foot and pushing ever so slightly with broken foot by using the momentum that was created by the good foot. I like to think that the bike helped with healing because it improved my circulation. I lifted small weights for upper body strength and used the recumbent bike for cardio. Exercise is always the best way to promote circulation (and good circulation is needed for a break like this) so knew I had to do something. I had just bought that bike a few weeks before the break to cross train and had used it maybe a couple of times after assembling it. I was training to run a 5k and had to stop after I fell off a step and broke my foot at mid shaft on the fifth metatarsal of my left foot. That was at week four, so at week three, I started to use a recumbent exercise bike. And was using them right, I was just a little heavy. On April 17, about four weeks later, I was told to wean myself off of the crutches with partial weight bearing and I was glad too because the crutches caused some painful chafing in the under arm region. I broke my foot on March 26th and I was given crutches and an air boot, no weight bearing. Hi, I broke my fifth metatarsal about thirteen weeks ago. I am seeing this specialist on June 27th and my flight is scheduled for the 30th.ĭoes this need immediate assistance? Can it wait until I am back from the trip? I have no idea. I just would like to have an idea of what the treatment is going to be, with a 3mm misplacement. Right now, I walk with the cast and I have no pain at all, of course it is not confortable to wear it, but I can manage it. I have made now another appointment with another orthopedist, who has excellent referrals, but I will just see her on June 27th.Īt the beginning of May, thinking that but the end of June, (8 weeks) thinking the whole situation will be sorted out by the end of June, I booked a trip to my country, I will not be doing anything special there, just being with my family. I started walking with the boot and then I started having some pain, worried I went to get an x-ray, just to make sure and there they told me that the fracture was still there and it had now misplaced 3mm and I should not had removed the aircast. He didn’t take an x-ray at the moment, I found that strange but I trusted his judgment. I went to see an orthopedist, he looked at the x-ray from May 23rd, touched my foot and asked me if I had pain, which I didn’t, then he told me I was healed, I could remove the boot and go on with my life, everything but jumping and running for another month. On the 3rd week I started walking with only 1 crutch and on May 23rd I had a follow x-ray, which showed that the fracture was still there but well aligned, she recommended to see an specialist, told me to keep the boot and that I could go normal with my life, that I even could ride a bike. I wore the aircast and used crutches for 2 weeks. She told me it will 4 -6 weeks to heal and then I will be back to my normal life. The Doctor in the emergency room told me to put an air-cast and that I could continue with my life, she didn’t advise any weight –bearing precaution. On April 29th, I broke the 5th metatarsal (left foot, spiral in the mid shaft).
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