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Small toe broken. Questions about load and restoring performance
Fraz
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Alright, so my toe is broken. I erased the old questions and added new ones.
Doc said it would take a few weeks to fully heal but was not very specific.
At Break-Day + 4, most of the swelling is gone. My foot does not hurt at all unless I put a load on it. I can even walk lightly without pain.
I've heard that is take about a week before the body starts to lose fitness. Here's my recovery plan:
First two weeks: mostly off of it, with some workouts like pullups and pushups on one leg, rowing with one leg, O rings and stuff that's off the foot or can be done with one foot.
Next three-four weeks, start doing bodyweight squats and a bike if I can find one
After that I'll start running again.
I'm pretty sure I'll lose a lot of running speed and endurance, but how long do you think it'll take to get it back?
Could I start running sooner?
Anyone have experience with a broken toe in their foot and getting back in shape?
I'm asking because I'm shipping out to Army Basic training in less than five weeks.
Doc said it would take a few weeks to fully heal but was not very specific.
At Break-Day + 4, most of the swelling is gone. My foot does not hurt at all unless I put a load on it. I can even walk lightly without pain.
I've heard that is take about a week before the body starts to lose fitness. Here's my recovery plan:
First two weeks: mostly off of it, with some workouts like pullups and pushups on one leg, rowing with one leg, O rings and stuff that's off the foot or can be done with one foot.
Next three-four weeks, start doing bodyweight squats and a bike if I can find one
After that I'll start running again.
I'm pretty sure I'll lose a lot of running speed and endurance, but how long do you think it'll take to get it back?
Could I start running sooner?
Anyone have experience with a broken toe in their foot and getting back in shape?
I'm asking because I'm shipping out to Army Basic training in less than five weeks.
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That doesn't really sound like an option though, plus "I broke my baby toe!" is probably not an excuse you want to be giving any one.
Tape it up, if you can run on it without collapsing in pain I think you have to just deal with it.
Do I sound like that much of a bitch?
The issue here is that I will miss my ship date and probably delay it by several months.
I got this ship date on March 4th, more than 120 days ago, so that would mean another four months maybe.
No? Sorry, that wasn't what I was trying to get across at all.
I don't think you've given it long enough to know if it's something you can work around or not yet.
I've done similar; aside from hobbling for a day or two (and having a toe that's all bent up weird still today) it healed (to an easily runnable state well within 5 or even 3 weeks).
You're definitely right about that. I'm probably just getting ahead of myself
e: also, broken toes are not a bitch injury, if your circulation is compromised in a tight shoe and you ignore it, you're in big trouble and may lose the toe if you let it go long enough
From my experience with broken toes it will hurt for a couple weeks but if you tape it up properly and don't whack it hard he should be fine to go to basic training. Just go to a doctor or a physio to gauge how bad the break is. They won't be able to do anything to help but it will give you a good idea on recovery times.
I'd stick to low impact stuff if you can for the next few days... see how it works out.
Alright, so my toe is broken. I erased the old questions and added new ones.
Doc said it would take a few weeks to fully heal but was not very specific.
At Break-Day + 4, most of the swelling is gone. My foot does not hurt at all unless I put a load on it. I can even walk lightly without pain.
I've heard that is take about a week before the body starts to lose fitness. Here's my recovery plan:
First two weeks: mostly off of it, with some workouts like pullups and pushups on one leg, rowing with one leg, O rings and stuff that's off the foot or can be done with one foot.
Next three-four weeks, start doing bodyweight squats and a bike if I can find one
After that I'll start running again.
I'm pretty sure I'll lose a lot of running speed and endurance, but how long do you think it'll take to get it back?
Could I start running sooner?
Anyone have experience with a broken toe in their foot and getting back in shape?
Probably not as much as you think. The first few days will be hard but you'll fall back into your normal pace before too long. Better to keep things light than risk aggravating your injury.
Seconding the pool suggestion, if you've got one handy.
Good point thank you