I recently fractured my fifth metatarsal in my left foot. My orthopod has told me not to swim. I don't think he knows much about the pluses or minuses of swimming.
Does anyone know whether swimming could affect my broken foot? Obviously, I couldn't do flip turns and then push off with my left foot, but I would think that at a minimum I would be able to swim with a swim buoy.
Mollie:
It might "heal much more quickly" if you took time off. But the minute you got back in the water it would return right quick, I bet. Better to ease off when it's aching and do other strokes and some kicking. That's what I did this week after overdoing it.
Leslie
Mollie:
It might "heal much more quickly" if you took time off. But the minute you got back in the water it would return right quick, I bet. Better to ease off when it's aching and do other strokes and some kicking. That's what I did this week after overdoing it.
Leslie
