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!
Great news! Foot is on the mend! I don't quite understand it, but after icing the affected area off and of for a couple days, the pain has all but disappeared. Ordinarily sports injuries take me considerably longer to shrug off, but for whatever reason, Neptune and the other swimming gods appear to have smiled upon my humble metatarsal this time!
Thanks for the advice. I think Mr. Hooked on Swimming predicted the outcome best.
Great news! Foot is on the mend! I don't quite understand it, but after icing the affected area off and of for a couple days, the pain has all but disappeared. Ordinarily sports injuries take me considerably longer to shrug off, but for whatever reason, Neptune and the other swimming gods appear to have smiled upon my humble metatarsal this time!
Thanks for the advice. I think Mr. Hooked on Swimming predicted the outcome best.