If anyone is familiar with the differences in symptoms between a possible stress fracture or muscle/tendon problems in the foot, please send me a PM. I've been having pain in my right foot for several days and thought I'd check here for some advice before I attempt to go deal with a dr.

thanks!

She just runs from me, she likes to play hard to get.

Originally Posted by RYou

I take it you run; hence, the suspicion of a stress fracture?
WWhuch part, heel, arch, toe or ankle?

It's actually from my Irish dance class (ok, everybody stop laughing)

Last week I ordered some new shoes, and they hadn't come in, so I just danced in my socks. Lots of repeated jumping and bouncing around on the balls of your feet. It didn't start bothering me until later that night, a couple hours after class.

The pain is mainly in my arch. It's stiff when I walk, but sometimes as I walk, it seems to work itself out and feel better, which seems to indicate muscle problems as opposed to stress fracture.

But when I try to jump now, it sometimes causes a sort of tingling throughout my arch (top and bottom) and into the ball of my foot, which seems like it might be a symptom of a stress fracture?

I've been icing it and taking ibuprofen, which also seems to help, as far as pain when walking. But nothing seems to help much with jumping.

Also, when I massage my foot, the pressure points where I can feel it are on the bottom arch, right where it begins past the ball of my foot, and then on the top of the foot, right at the highest point of the arch.

My dilemma is that my next class is Thursday, and I hate to miss it but don't want to do any damage, and I don't know if I'll be able to see my doctor or physical therapist before then.

Originally Posted by Champ Kind

She just runs from me, she likes to play hard to get.

"I really enjoyed the turning over a new leaf ERA"

Oh that era is way from over.

There's no pain at all when I'm just sitting or standing. And there's no swelling at all. After I sit for a while, when I stand up and first start to walk, it's stiff, but as I walk around the room it gets somewhat better. I would think if it's a stress fracture, the pain would never go away as I was putting weight on it.

I'd been dancing for a while, but always in shoes. Never any foot problems. Last week was the first "formal class" I'd taken in a while. I know that stress fractures are usually from prolonged, repeated force... but could it develop as quickly as in a one hour class?

Honestly, I think it's just my paranoia that's telling me it could be a stress fracture, because the thought of having to rest it for that long and miss class is not something I want to think about!!

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