Last night while watching Virginia Tech hang 70 points on Clemson in the Orange Bowl there was a brief ESPN news update with footage of Serena Williams, the tennis player, rolling her left foot during the Australian Open yesterday. It looked like exactly what happened to me. Except she escaped with a bad sprain, no broken 5th metatarsal. And she didn't step on a rock like I did. This just proved to me again that all you have to do is step just right (or wrong), with enough force and that foot/ankle will buckle. Man, it was hard to watch.
Things are good. Going better than I thought they would. Zero pain. Maybe some occasional stiffness around where the fracture was but nothing big. Plantar Fasciitis is not as bad as it was (knock on wood).
Up to a 90 minute run about every 10-14 days. I'll keep it there for a while. Pacing on the run is improving as well. Threshold pace had started out around 7:20/mile and I've dropped that to 6:50/mile after a half dozen threshold workouts. Still work to do but I've got it headed in the right direction.
Bike fitness is on the same track. I haven't tested for a while but my FTP is likely around 270 watts which is close to where it was in June. The big shot in the arm for my bike fitness has been the Max VO2 work that I've been doing. It's enabled me to break through the plateau I was sitting at for several weeks.
Great weather outside for riding, bad for skiing. No doubt that will change soon and I'll be stuck on the trainer.
Jim - this has nothing to do with your post but instead is a reply to your ST PM from a few weeks back. I don't spend enough time on ST to have PM privileges so am trying to reach you this way.
ReplyDeleteAnswer to your q - when I first had symptoms it felt like someone had beaten me with a bat from my lumbar down to the backs of my knees. It was painful to sit, stand, walk. Serious pain. The sciatica subsided over about 10 days and never returned but I had a sharp twinge in the upper pelvis for months. Picked up and kept riding almost immediately but I didn't run for 4-5 months. I was able to swim but had occasional back tightness.
Hope that helps
Austin
Your question:
Quick follow up question...do you remember feeling sciatic discomfort (tightness and some very mild numbness) in the leg of the affected side where you had the sfx? Pain wise with the sfx I'm feeling pretty good. Going on 4 weeks since onset. Out of left field I've noticed sciatica stuff going on. Read a couple case studies that this is rare but has been reported before with sacral sfx. The logic is the L5 nerve exits the sacrum right where healing of the bone is occurring and can compress the nerve some.