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July 21, 2011 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Other

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From Cool Runnings:
Metatarsal Stress Fracture
Description: Pain in one of the long thin bones that run along the top of your foot and attach to your toes (the metatarsals). There may be a little redness [check] or swelling [check], and if you touch this area the pain will practically knock you over [well, not really]. Press along the shaft of the bone toward the outside and then toward the inside, and you feel a stabbing pain [check].

Remedy: This is not a do-it-yourselfer. Stop running and see a podiatrist or an orthopedist immediately. Under a doctor's care, you should be back to running in about six weeks. [Ut, oh]

OR...
If your symptoms do not match those listed above for a metatarsal stress fracture [they kinda do], the pain is probably caused by either a bone spur or simply shoes that are too tight [riiiiiight]; you'll see it as a bump on top of the foot [ok, there could be one].

Remedy: Try wearing larger shoes and don't tie your shoe laces quite so tight. [if only I were this lucky]