I may have broken my foot today. If not an "avulsion fracture," it’s definitely some kind of deep bone bruise. Very painful. I hope I can still dive, push off, and kick. I’ve been icing it all day, but a red bruise the size of a quarter is blossoming in the affected spot--i.e., on the top of the foot, about half way along a line that stretches between the outside ankle bone and little toe, an inch in from my foot's outside edge.
I did this carrying a bag of garbage outside, slipping on a step, catching myself somewhat violently in midair. Avulsion, as I understand it, is when a tendon, which is stronger than bone, contracts so forcefully it yanks on the bone. I hope I did not snap a boney piece off, but it does seem awfully ironic that A) I just learned about these injuries while interviewing a Baltimore Raven who suffered them twice, and B) yesterday I gave a swimming teammate, who had dropped a cooking pan on the same part of her foot, a hard time about slacking off in practice. Instant Karma's gonna getcha, indeed.
Has anyone had this kind of foot injury? We have our Y regionals next weekend, followed by Y nationals in a couple more weeks. I will probably go to a doctor, but is it possible to swim with a broken (or just very sore foot), and if so, any advice for starts and pushoffs and kicking?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Originally posted by jim thornton
I hope I did not snap a boney piece off, but it does seem awfully ironic that A) I just learned about these injuries while interviewing a Baltimore Raven who suffered them twice, and B) yesterday I gave a swimming teammate, who had dropped a cooking pan on the same part of her foot, a hard time about slacking off in practice.
Instant Karma's Gonna Getcha!
Nah. Poor Jim. As the aforementioned teammate (that "cooking pan, was actually a 70 gallon stock pot - empty, thank God) I do have a great empathy for our injured party....though my injuries, small in nature and large in aggravation for swimming, have been a trial lately.
Back me up here when I say that especially with swimming, the seemingly smallest injuries can cause a havoc in the pool. Take, for instance, Jim's foot and my foot. Even if walking doesn't prove to be a problem, the delicate art of kicking, foot stretched and pointed, can be almost impossible, and forget pushing off the wall!
About a month ago, I was unfortunate enough to break a metacarpal bone in my left hand - while not incredibly painful to write or do most normal activities, the act of trying to swim backstroke, and do a backstroke start, or even grip anything weighty proved to be a struggle. I think people in the sport of swimming are more prone to catastrophic injuries that seem relatively harmless to the rest of the world. I've seen football players suffer through games with fractured wrists, and torn ACL's who would laugh me out of the park for telling them about how horrible it felt to swim with the broken bone in my hand.
As for Jim's instant negative Karma, I sincerely hope his giving me a hard time didn't really have anything to do with his foot, especially since we're leaving for regionals this weekend, and he's worked so hard to get his shoulder injury under control. Poor Jim.
Originally posted by jim thornton
I hope I did not snap a boney piece off, but it does seem awfully ironic that A) I just learned about these injuries while interviewing a Baltimore Raven who suffered them twice, and B) yesterday I gave a swimming teammate, who had dropped a cooking pan on the same part of her foot, a hard time about slacking off in practice.
Instant Karma's Gonna Getcha!
Nah. Poor Jim. As the aforementioned teammate (that "cooking pan, was actually a 70 gallon stock pot - empty, thank God) I do have a great empathy for our injured party....though my injuries, small in nature and large in aggravation for swimming, have been a trial lately.
Back me up here when I say that especially with swimming, the seemingly smallest injuries can cause a havoc in the pool. Take, for instance, Jim's foot and my foot. Even if walking doesn't prove to be a problem, the delicate art of kicking, foot stretched and pointed, can be almost impossible, and forget pushing off the wall!
About a month ago, I was unfortunate enough to break a metacarpal bone in my left hand - while not incredibly painful to write or do most normal activities, the act of trying to swim backstroke, and do a backstroke start, or even grip anything weighty proved to be a struggle. I think people in the sport of swimming are more prone to catastrophic injuries that seem relatively harmless to the rest of the world. I've seen football players suffer through games with fractured wrists, and torn ACL's who would laugh me out of the park for telling them about how horrible it felt to swim with the broken bone in my hand.
As for Jim's instant negative Karma, I sincerely hope his giving me a hard time didn't really have anything to do with his foot, especially since we're leaving for regionals this weekend, and he's worked so hard to get his shoulder injury under control. Poor Jim.
