Anyone ever have a sesmoid injury?

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21 years ago 02/02/2003 2:13pm EST

A couple of weeks ago I started having pain in the ball of my foot. I began receiving ultrasounds and padding the area. Since then I've had an xray and mri which showed that I have a sesmoid fracture. I have now been told the bone has died and fragmented and surgery will be needed to remove the bone. Because I am in my last semester of college, the surgery can be postponed until after graduation. Even with the padding, it is still sore and painful when pushing off. This is a problem because I am a middle distance runner with high arches. So, I am looking for any advice about dealing with this so I can make my last season a good one. Also, what should I expect with surgery? Anybody ever have this done? Thanks!

21 years ago 02/02/2003 2:20pm EST

re: college runner

Is that the same as the taint?

21 years ago 02/02/2003 4:30pm EST

re: college runner

I had the same injury and was able to get through the xc season. Track however is a different story. What I did was cut a hole out in my insole right over the sore spot and made a divit in my shoe aswell. I then built uo the area around it so that all pressure essentially landed on other areas of my foot. You can do this with a metatarsil pad. Basically the worst thing you can do is put extra padding on the area as it is just placing pressure on the fracture. I then did all of my off day training in the pool and ran only on soft surfaces. This was easy to do for xc but would be difficult for track! If you don't have to get the surgery I wouldn't do it as it will mess with the traction of your big toe tendon. The seisamoid bone holds it in place. Make sure you get multiple opinions from different doctors!!

21 years ago 02/03/2003 3:02pm EST

re: runna

Thanks for the advice, runna. I have been using the metatarsil pads, which do help. My concern now is they are talking about giving me a cortisone shot in my toe joint, apparently the bone fragments are causing the irritation in the joint. I thought cortisone shots were just for wrestlers and football players? Anyone ever have one of these?

21 years ago 02/03/2003 3:10pm EST

re: college runner

I've had this a few times, mostly during college xc. I assume it was just a hairline fracture because it always healed quickly. I got by with ice before and after every run. A few times I had trouble after races getting my shoe back on because of swelling, otherwise I just dealt with it.

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