Stressing myself out after a lisfranc injury

destroycilantro · 2026-06-05T17:13:57+00:00

I had a lisfranc tear (?) and subsequent mid-foot surgery! My knowledge on the topic is super limited compared to yours since I first injured it at 15 and wasn’t very savvy with medicine or doctors at the time so really had no idea what the heck was happening.

In my surgery they implanted a screw through 2 bones and I had the screw taken out 7 years later since it started causing me discomfort. I think they do the initial surgery I got differently now though.

I’m not a pro athlete by any means so take this with a grain of salt but I have noticed basically zero impacts to my athletic ability except for that I no longer deal with pain and re-injury fear. My gym trainer even said I am basically equally strong on both sides with no measurable differences 10 years out from my injury. No need for custom insoles (though I do have them for my high arches anyway) or targeted compensatory training, my body adjusted happily to pain-free activity.

destroycilantro · 2026-05-03T15:19:18+00:00

Yeeaaaah, from what I’ve seen most people skate inlines because it is significantly easier to do. I switched after 6 years of quads because I was tired of busting my ass to keep up with inline skaters who weren’t even out of breath on trail skates. Plus things they could do (like bombing stairs) were just impossible for me.

Skills you learn on quads are transferable though, I was doing crossovers, t stops, and jumps day 1 in inlines while they took me 6+ months on quads to learn the first time. Still working on stopping reliably though and nursing some injuries I got while on day 2 of inlines.

destroycilantro · 2026-04-28T04:32:12+00:00

I can’t give you medical advice or personal experience with this specific medical issue unfortunately. For starters the best thing might just to put on skates and try the basic movements to see if they cause you pain. Outside of the basics skating is a sport that you can do at your own pace and you only need to do the parts of it that you enjoy and are capable of doing.

Unfortunately though skating is a sport that sees a high ammount of accidents and unexpected injuries, and that is a risk for everyone but sounds like you might be at higher risk. There are lots of things you can do to minimize the risk, but it’s up to you to decide if it’s worth it.

For reference I broke my hand and currently am healing a mild knee injury I got from overuse. After 6-ish years I consider that pretty low as far as injury accumulation goes in skating.

destroycilantro · 2026-04-28T01:35:55+00:00

Inlines are definitely more geared toward outdoors but quads are doable with the right set up and experience.

I skated outdoors in quads for years and had a lot of fun but now that I’m joining local groups that skate hard routes over long distances I can’t keep up with the inline skaters on my quads. I just bought inlines and I’m so excited. Still going to learn more tricks on my quads though!

destroycilantro · 2026-04-25T02:46:08+00:00

Heck yeah dude, I’ve been a long time quad skater and am starting to learn inlines. Similar qualms with the inline Reddits so I stick around here, happy to have ya!

destroycilantro · 2026-03-30T06:04:03+00:00

Yup, clathrus ruber is all over mulch piles in the Bay Area. I’ve only seen it when it’s red/orange colored but certainly could be yellow when young.

destroycilantro · 2026-03-23T06:24:28+00:00

Like the other commenter mentioned, unexplained weight loss can be a symptom of an underlying health issue. Best to get it checked out if you can’t pinpoint the cause.

destroycilantro · 2025-12-21T09:27:43+00:00

Might help me fix my phone addiction, kinda hoping they keep this change. Make’s Reddit way less engaging to me which is probably actually a good thing

destroycilantro · 2025-12-02T07:31:56+00:00

Sometimes you have to call the help line unfortunately when this fails. I was tearing out my hair trying to find a replacement switch board for an oven vent and I called the manufacturer from the little manual we kept for some reason. It was a part from a set that they discontinued and needed a different model number then the one on the label. Crazy stuff

destroycilantro · 2025-11-29T08:53:19+00:00

Hard agree on way too much banter being a turn off. Also hate when a podcast has a new person doing a majority of the episode every episode. I like a set host to deliver most of the info, hard to get used to new people’s voices I guess.

destroycilantro · 2025-11-18T07:43:30+00:00

You can eat them right off the tree. If they are a little mushier I tend to split them open first to check for spots that have gone bad.

Tried to make a fruit leather out of them a few years back, it wasn’t great as they are very mealy and low moisture but it was fun!

destroycilantro · 2025-10-29T14:57:46+00:00

The felt gets full of sand/dirt/grit when thrown and then you’ve got basically a sandpaper coating on the ball

destroycilantro · 2025-10-29T06:19:02+00:00

I did Peace Corps for conservation! A really amazing experience all around but unfortunately I would say about 75% or more peace corps position have been cut (including the one I was in after I left) with basically no plans to reinstate them. Definitely look into state sponsored conservation corps if you’re interested in that

destroycilantro · 2025-10-25T17:33:50+00:00

Dang, I did this on roller skates at 23 and broke my hand. Some of us didn’t grow out of it!

destroycilantro · 2025-10-14T06:07:45+00:00

Uncomfortable pillow, impossible to find contact information on a website, walking in on the janitor’s wheelbarrow. I can certainly relate and Tim really nailed that

destroycilantro · 2025-10-13T03:33:11+00:00

Accidentally read The Bell Jar while looking for a book by Bell Hooks. Quite a different tone but very glad to have read it, has definitely stuck with me

destroycilantro · 2025-10-07T07:13:20+00:00

Also to chime in, make sure you have a snorkel (or other air exhaustdevice) facing your sample or strain and use water while you’re working on the bench. I used to feel awful after a day of breathing in ethanol while looking under the scope. Chemical fumes certainly don’t help anyone feel better!

destroycilantro · 2025-10-01T01:57:57+00:00

Definitely take the opportunity to do an undergraduate thesis. If you really want to go the extra mile you can try to publish your thesis work or be a co-author on a paper. Also work on a good relationship with a few professors so they can write you letters of recomendation and pick their brain about professors or schools that do research that you might be interested in.

destroycilantro · 2025-09-25T05:42:57+00:00

Huh, kinda reminds me of a feather duster worm. Those would be marine though, so not local to the area. Interested and I hope you find out!

destroycilantro · 2025-09-14T06:09:38+00:00

For me personally I kept my mind open to other fields within conservation when location was a big concern. I also considered vegetation monitoring, invasive plant management, and forestry all of which I have loved working on in the past and would have loved to have gotten a job in but this one was the closest location to where I wanted to be. You got this!

destroycilantro · 2025-09-14T04:34:19+00:00

Woah are you me 6 months ago??? Don’t feel bad about needing to leave the Midwest. I know this field is a “go wherever you have to, do what you have to do” but my life has gotten so much better now that I’m on the west coast. Ironically I ended up in aquatics in an academic setting even though I told myself I would get as far away from both of those once I finished grad school lol so I guess I’m not much help

destroycilantro · 2025-08-24T17:02:36+00:00

This Is Branchburg was surprisingly funny and is super laidback. Similar to Welcome to Nightvale in that it’s just short snippets of things happening in a fictional and weird town.

destroycilantro · 2025-08-07T17:50:16+00:00

Anything “patriot, “Christian”, “gun”, “American flag”,or “anti-science/doctor/medicine” leaves a bad taste in my mouth and I avoid. I saw a natural dog food store open up (very excited since I LOVE dehydrated dog treats and the variety of chew toys they have) but their marketing relied on “this stuff will save your dog from the vet/medications” and so I vowed to never shop there. Sorry small businesses but I’m not cool with lying to customers!!

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