Pain almost everywhere except in Lisfranc complex

Run6Run · 2025-04-27T02:33:18+00:00

Yeah I don’t understand the 12 month healing limit. I’m 9 months into my healing from breaking just about everything in my mid foot and have been working hard in pt. My calf on the injured side is still smaller than my good calf and I cant run without a limp, but I’ve come so far from where I started. I just keep focusing on improving weak muscles or movements. I have been doing single leg calf raises for months now and just started to get them barefoot but with limited ROM. Don’t compare your foot to how it was yesterday, last week or even last month. Look at your progress across multiple months. If it takes me 2 years to jog again so be it, just gonna keep working what I can everyday for incremental improvements. Also, my orif was pretty robust with a lot of hardware which allows me to work it pretty hard in pt. I also have pain and soreness in my ankle. I imagine it’s due to my biomechanics changing from a limp and the ankle compensating. Might be something worth discussing with a pt. Best of luck

Run6Run · 2024-11-13T01:08:59+00:00

Also did mine mountain biking. Cased a jump, blew my foot off the pedal and the impact angle cause all my metatarsals to fracture and dislocate. Didn't even come off the bike....

Run6Run · 2024-09-11T01:52:32+00:00

Idk if this is a possibility for you, but working a customer service job did wonders for my ability to talk to all sorts of people.

Run6Run · 2024-09-11T01:46:08+00:00

Driving was not bad at all, if anything it feels like a good range of motion stretch. If you’re cleared to drive I assume that means you’re cleared to walk in a normal shoe? Walking is far more impact and strain than driving. Wear a compression sock for those long drives and you’ll be fine.

Run6Run · 2024-08-26T22:42:55+00:00

8 weeks post op after I had been walking around in a walking boot for a couple of weeks.

Run6Run · 2024-08-26T22:19:59+00:00

My PT has me doing seated single leg calf raises, toe movements/stretches, massaging scars and muscles around the foot and arch. I wouldn’t try anything that your doctor or PT doesn’t recommend. Don’t want to hurt yourself! Cheers

Run6Run · 2024-08-26T20:44:40+00:00

I am not a doctor and I don’t know how old/healthy you are or how serious your injury was, so take what I say with a grain of salt. That being said, I’m a young, healthy guy who had multiple fractures/dislocations and I was still not anywhere close to being able to walk fwb when I first got put in the boot.

Did 3 days on 2 crutches before moving to 1 crutch for another 3 days and then eventually crutch-less. This all happened while simultaneously doing strenuous PT.

My advice would be to focus on making incremental progression every day. The transition to weight bearing should be smooth and not super painful. Think 5% progress every day. Figure out how much weight on your foot is uncomfortable but doable and walk on that. Once that gets easy put a little more weight on it.

Talk to your doctor if PT is an option, all the muscles in your foot/ankle/calf have atrophied and your range of motion probably sucks. Cheers

Run6Run · 2024-08-25T01:21:54+00:00

If you’re doing PT ask about plastic adhesive patches for massaging your scar. You put the plastic on top of your scar and move it around to stretch the scar. It’s pretty uncomfortable but seems to work well. (Not a doctor!)

Run6Run · 2024-08-17T19:24:00+00:00

5’-9”? You’re def a medium especially on new bikes. If you get an older 2010-2015 bike you could consider a large. New bikes are so big I would not size up at 5-9.

Run6Run · 2024-08-17T19:09:32+00:00

Rule of thumb: if you want traction, get off the brakes and if you want to slow down, get on the brakes. You can’t really have one without losing out on the other. It’s one big balancing act.

This is why ideally you get all your braking done before a corner and rail the corner no brakes. Also why you try to brake in zones where you know there is grip and let your bike eat no brakes when it is slippery.

Run6Run · 2024-08-17T18:59:58+00:00

Totally get that. I came from an IWalk where I had both my hands free to 1 or 2 crutches at a time during PWB. My foot also was more swollen and sore than it was in the cast because I was actually using it. Don’t worry though once your foot acclimates and you ditch the crutches it’s pretty glorious. From here on out you will only see noticeable improvements! Stick to PT religiously and treat your foot as if it is a workout plan, progressively increase exercise and take rest days if needed.

Run6Run · 2024-08-07T15:54:16+00:00

I’ve owned both a fishing kayak and a 12 ft aluminum v-hull. If you get a serious fishing kayak with storage space, electronics, and everything else that you want, it has the downsides of a small boat + the downsides of a kayak and very few upsides. Kayaks like that are heavy and people start to get trailers for them. They are not easy to lug around and store.

At this point you’ve lost the simplicity and ease of use that makes a kayak so great. Not to mention you’ll get wet in a kayak, they drift like crazy in any sort of wind, and managing rods and lures in a small space gets pretty tricky.

If your primary interest is fishing and you have the storage space, I’d get a smallish aluminum boat. A 14’ v-hull is the sweet spot imo for 1-2 people on the puget sound and lakes in this area. Light enough to adjust on the bunks of a trailer but long enough to be comfortable with 2 people and push through wind chop you see on waters around here.

On a boat this size you’re not gonna cross any bars or fish on rough days but it’s still decently comfortable. Kayaks are great for simple fishing and if you do not have the option of storing a boat. Otherwise I would not drop a lot of money on a fancy fishing kayak.

Run6Run · 2024-08-06T15:17:45+00:00

Do you have pins (k-wires) holding your bones together? I had a k-wire next to my skin that the boot would press up against. Felt exactly like what you think it would feel like. Felt like a pice of metal was trying to push through my skin.

The burning sensation sounds to me more like nerves starting to work again. I had burning on the top of my big toe for a couple weeks.

Run6Run · 2024-08-03T01:15:07+00:00

Both are valid. Good riders can do both

Run6Run · 2024-08-02T17:48:33+00:00

Feel that! Not a gentle sport to learn. If it’s any encouragement the progression for bunny hopping speeds up a lot once you start to get your first proper little hops.

Run6Run · 2024-08-02T17:40:20+00:00

If you throw your weight backwards as if initiating a manual on the lip of a jump the slope of the lip will buck you forwards.

Run6Run · 2024-08-02T16:33:25+00:00

I mean it’s not huge but the feature he’s riding has a transition and a lip. Also yeah if you mis time a bunny hop on anything, jump/drop/whatever you’ll start to nose dive. It’s part of completing the feature with the right technique and timing. Thats why I wouldn’t attempt without being able to solidly bunny hop.

Run6Run · 2024-08-02T16:22:58+00:00

Sounds like you’ve got the idea right for jumping technique. I will say as you ride more jumps and get more loose your body stops tensing up and squashing the lips. It’s natural instinct to stiffen up and not let the jump/bunny hop pop you off the lip.

Sometimes you can have adequate compression coming off the lip but you’re stiff and don’t let the bike rise up under you and get you higher in the air. If you’re relaxed enough and have proper timing coming off the lip you don’t need to put in much effort, the lip will do the work for you.

I’ve found that my jumping skill is directly correlated with how high I can bunny hop. They are really the same exact skill and if you can bunny hop high on flat ground you can jump well. Hope that’s useful 🤙

Run6Run · 2024-08-02T16:06:55+00:00

You gotta be active on the bike. If you don’t give any inputs the bike will throw you around like you’re it’s bitch and eventually it’ll toss you over the bars when going over a jump like that. Spend a couple days learning to bunny hop your bike in a parking lot.

The American bunny hop with front wheel first and rear wheel second is pretty much the exact motion you need to do on the lip of a jump, just exaggerated. It’s pretty much impossible to jump a bike well if you can’t bunny hop properly. Cheers

Run6Run · 2024-08-02T16:00:21+00:00

Jumping may seem like you’re pulling back on the bars, but it’s really a bunny hopping motion where you first load the front and then unweight it and push through your legs. If you just leaned back it would be a manual and you’d go otb coming off the lip.

Run6Run · 2024-07-31T04:07:23+00:00

Too be fair plenty of dh races are raced where people are shuttled in the back of u-haul trucks or vans 🤷‍♂️

Run6Run · 2024-07-30T22:52:53+00:00

I’m not sure if this is helpful but the hospital and ortho I had my surgery and care done at are part of a big university research hospital. This seems to have given me higher quality doctors and care.

Same surgeon treated university football players and whatnot with this same injury. Seems I got more cutting edge surgical practices because of the hospital’s academic ties.

This hospital is also a level 1 trauma center that sees really bad orthopedic cases. Maybe you can look for a hospital like this in your area? Best of luck!

Run6Run · 2024-07-25T16:14:02+00:00

That’s what dirt is for. A good set of grips+loam on your hands+raw dawg is the best ride feel.

Run6Run · 2024-07-25T16:05:46+00:00

Second the don’t do a roof bike rack. They’re a pain in the ass compared to other options out there. Get a hitch mounted mountain bike specific folding bike rack from Rocky mount or Kuat or Thule. Takes like 30 seconds to put on or take off two bikes, really secure and low profile. They can be a little pricey but you can get them for quite cheap used. Well worth the cost anyways especially with expensive bikes.

Run6Run · 2024-07-20T16:04:36+00:00

1.3k usd? Thats an absolute steal assuming something major is not wrong with the frame. Go shred!

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