There are certain advantages to working at a university, and one of them is that you have free access to athletic trainers. So, after all of the foot pain I experienced yesterday, I decided to have a professional look at it. The verdict from our head trainer is that I either have insertional tendinitis on the tendon that attaches to the 5th metatarsal in my left foot or it’s a small stress fracture on that metatarsal. The only way to tell the difference between the two is with an x-ray or MRI, but tendinitis could lead to a stress fracture if it’s not taken seriously. I went back and checked my blog entries, and this foot pain started back in November. November! Hopefully, this is not a stress fracture I’m dealing with.
So, my plan at this point is to lay low and take Ibrouprophin for the next 10 days and ice my foot (which I hate) as much as I can — both are treatments recommendations of our trainer. Our family physician (who’s also a sports medicine guy) is on vacation this week, but when he returns, I plan on seeing him as soon as I can. This blog may turn into an injury recovery blog for the next little while, but I’ll try to keep posting updates of what I learn.
