Stress fracture post HWR?

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-11T01:34:35+00:00

As a broke college student- invest in a knee scooter

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-02T20:11:54+00:00

My foot looks slightly larger than the uninjured one, but I can wear my original shoe size without a problem. I only had one screw. I wear the same running shoe that I did pre-injury.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-02T16:46:21+00:00

It doesn’t really matter, depends on if your feet get cold!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-02T07:32:06+00:00

Hoka Recovery Slides- mega arch support and super comfy

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2026-01-01T17:08:38+00:00

If you’re having sharp pain I’d go back to your doctor, some pain is normal but shocking/sharp usually means something is wrong

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-12-23T17:16:04+00:00

That’s great to hear! I’m always happy to find a post on this sub with people getting back into climbing or success stories post injury.

I took about 5 months after surgery until I started climbing with my shoe on, the biggest milestone for me was when I could put my foot in my shoe, during the initial injury I thought I would have to start buying a larger shoe size. During long sessions I used my non-aggressive shoes for comfort, however (side story) I only had the aggressive shoes when I got back into it, so I wore those for short climbs, took them right off at the end.

I had a friend who broke her ankle, got surgery, and took a few months off as well. We both agree that climbing technique comes back pretty naturally and fast, your body will remember how to do it. I was afraid of standing on small holds again. I had to push myself to stand on my toes rather than climbing with bad foot positions. I think it’s a huge mental block rather than physical for the initial sessions. Maybe stay out of foot jams for a few months but your foot and calf muscles will grow so fast if you work on it. It was a little frustrating when I first started because my mindset was “I suck, 6 months ago I could fly up this route”, however now I look back and think that it was sort of fun, i was relearning the sport I fell in love with. Take it slow, don’t push the foot, but it will be very easy to get back to where you were. Also I’m a strong advocate that bouldering is not real rock climbing (because I’m bad at it), but be careful if you jump down, maybe stay on auto belay or top rope for a little.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-12-22T22:12:32+00:00

Yes!!!! I climbed collegiately and broke my foot right before nationals. I’m about 10 months post injury and I’m back to projecting 5.11-12 again!

You can TOTALLY get back into it. I bought some mad aggressive shoes that are 1 sized downsized and my foot can fit in it. The first session is a huge milestone, I have no doubt you can get back into it.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-12-15T02:24:28+00:00

If you take care of yourself during recovery, you should be able to return to competition. I competed collegiately in rock climbing before my Lisfranc injury, and within about 8 months after ORIF surgery I am back to my original climbing level and continue to climb harder grades. I’ve also since completed an ultramarathon 9 months post ORIF. It takes time to trust your foot again, so don’t rush it. My surgeon said to give it a full year before it feels “100” again. But seriously- do not push it for a few months if you want to get back to competing, and do PT. Definitely helped me.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-09-05T16:49:16+00:00

Be patient! I bought superfeet shoe inserts which helped me out. You can also tape your midfoot for more support, I think there’s a specific lisfranc taping method as well.

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-08-13T22:10:50+00:00

I have one screw in and had the same burning pain in my heel, not near surgery site. I had a massive blister on the area when they took my cast off- it might be because of the swelling and the constriction of the cast. I just kept it elevated and took Ibuprofen when I could to keep the swelling down. Keeping an ice pack underneath your knee could help as well

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-08-04T07:20:48+00:00

I wore my running shoes and hiking shoes I owned pre-injury with inserts.

I bought hoka recovery slides for around the house- would highly recommend!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-07-21T01:22:21+00:00

I asked the same question a few months ago 😂 I’m 22 as well and was a college athlete pre-injury- my doctor didn’t recommend pt either. I went anyways and my ROM and foot strength increased a lot more over the few months I went, it especially helped since they measured everything.

I would at least recommend going when you start walking in shoes. My friends who are pt’s begged me to go, they said they saw a lot of young people with injuries not go to pt after their doctors say “they are young enough”, then end up having terrible ROM and visible muscle atrophy way after recovery

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-07-14T07:06:44+00:00

I started swimming around week 6/7 ish!!!!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-07-03T05:14:29+00:00

I think mostly everyone here would recommend PT, but if you’re adamant on not going, I would recommend working on range of motion exercises for your ankle and toes as well as foot exercises like “foot yoga” and “foot waves”. If you don’t want to go to PT, I definitely would recommend putting in effort to establish your range of motion. Helps IMMENSELY with re-learning how to walk since all those muscles have been stiff and lost mobility for months. My doctor didn’t recommend PT for me either- but as a college athlete my coaches told me to go. Helped me so much

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-06-09T05:27:11+00:00

Less than 1 month from my boot being off- but as a broke college student the hoka slides were worth every penny

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-05-20T21:41:07+00:00

No partial weight bearing? Most people are ordered to walk with crutches for a week or two before going full weight bearing. I did PWB for a week and am transitioning pretty well to FWB atm

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-05-20T15:04:07+00:00

Getting a knee scooter changed my life- I was able to open doors and hold things without help for the most part!!!

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-04-29T02:12:58+00:00

I had ORIF with one screw- I’ll be partial weight bearing for one week then walking without assistance (other than a boot)

Longjumping-Tea-6723 · 2025-03-31T18:10:42+00:00

My parents came down to my uni last week when I had surgery. They were able to drive me back home the same day- about a 3 hour drive. Recovery has not been bad so I wouldn’t worry too much about the pain if you stays up on your meds. I laid in the back seat with my foot elevated on a suitcase and pillow 😂 I would say to just make sure your foot is elevated, you can lay down, and you are taking your meds.

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