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Foot Stress FracturesThere are some interesting parallels between foot stress fractures and the toll that regular stress has on the body.Stress fractures in the foot are often referred to as hairline fractures because it is a small crack in the bone that is usually seen in weight-bearing bones like the tibia, or metatarsal bones of the foot. Similar to the impact that chronic stress has on the body, a stress fracture is also the result of overuse, or fatigue. It is a fairly common sports injury of athletes who do:
But, why?Think about the answer to that question in relationship to the bigger impact that stress has on your body.The human body was designed to function optimally while in balance. When you are stressed, particularly chronically stressed, you are NOT in balance. It is that repetitive out-of-balance functioning that wears out the body and exacerbates illness and disease. The same philosophy holds true with stress fractures. The muscles were designed to support and function like a shock absorber for your bones. When the muscles become weak or fatigued is when the bones have to absorb more of the impact of the activity. That is what creates the stress fracture – the muscles become fatigued, and the bones lose their cushion to absorb the impact.
Signs and symptomsCommon signs and symptoms of a stress fracture are a generalized area of pain associated with weight bearing, and often there is also tenderness in that same area.Sometimes you may notice the pain:
Treatment optionsThe treatment of foot stress fractures often depends upon the location and severity of it, but as a general rule the treatment options include:Rest Just like with regular stress, the body needs rest to come back into balance, or to heal. Change in footwear – sometimes wearing a different kind of shoes, or a newer snicker will reduce the stress on the foot. Cast Stress fractures of the foot often take longer to heal, so there may be 4-6 weeks in a cast or air cast may be recommended by your doctor. Surgery In severe cases surgery is required to pin the bones back together. PreventionSimilar to the stress management activity for the rest of your body, here are some prevention guidelines to avoid foot stress fractures:
As I have said throughout this article, there are many similarities between managing chronic stress , and foot stress fractures. It all boils down to honoring your body and making the proper adjustments to keep it in balance. For more information, please see: Return From Foot Stress Fractures To Articles On Stress Return From Foot Stress Fractures To Coping With Stress Home Pay it forward!There a lot of people who have become overwhelmed by stress and how to get rid of it. I can understand this feeling. But it does not mean that good information is NOT out there. It is.Please help a friend or loved one by sharing this information with them. Email this link to them or submit this page to your Tweet account, or Facebook or your favorite social bookmarking or networking site. Use the links below to pay it forward. |
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The second, more alarming (even life-threatening) problem has caused months of diagnostic and therapy confusion among her many consultants, three successive resections of the bone over the last six to eight months, and the still ongoing threat of more relapses of the smoldering bone infection and chronic pain only made bearable by chronic, massive doses of opiates.
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Dr. Cole
I referred C.L., age mid-forties, to see Cathi after a life of suffering the post traumatic stress disorder of parental sexual abuse over many years of her childhood, with major dysfunctions of alcohol and drug abuse, and with the disabling symptoms of migraine that have for more than twenty years become chronic.
She has lived with daily headaches that have not responded to any of the several drugs which have benefited many such suffering patients. She has needed chronic opiate treatment of her chronic pain syndrome.
In the few weeks that Cathi has worked with her, C.L. has begun to experience days without pain, periods of happiness, and a reduction in her opiate dosage requirements that represent a breakthrough in her stalled-out life as a single mom raising a teen-age daughter with only social security income resources.
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N., age 60, is a hard driving attorney twenty year patient of mine who hit the wall with chronic fatigue four years ago, and began to realize she had to learn to rest. She recovered enough to return to her workaholic lifestyle when she was stopped by a herniated cervical disc and resumption of her chronic colitis.
Working with Cathi, she is discovering "the way she does life" and learning to make choices about it. She came in last week, having "danced until dawn". She is learning to dialogue with her body in effective ways.
Dr. Cole
“I stumbled upon Cathi after my recent heart attack that was brought on by stress. I was scared of having another one, and didn’t know what to do. I had lost hope. Working with her has changed my life. I’m so grateful."
Debbie – Canada
M.S., a woman in her late forties with progressively more and more disabling rheumatoid arthritis since childhood, whose most recent problems have arisen over the last two to three years as complications of immunosuppressive therapy for her disease. The complications have been associated with the severely disabling chronic pain of recurrent herpes neuralgia for more than three years, and for the past 15 months, recurrent osteomyelitis in her right lower mandible.
The second, more alarming (even life-threatening) problem has caused months of diagnostic and therapy confusion among her many consultants, three successive resections of the bone over the last six to eight months, and the still ongoing threat of more relapses of the smoldering bone infection and chronic pain only made bearable by chronic, massive doses of opiates.
In the few months since M. began to work with Cathi with several modalities: stress management, therapeutic touch, guided imaging, and others, her life has become more livable, as she has become able to bear the pain and the discouragement of unresolved disease.
She has relied on many of the methods for maintaining hope and getting through overwhelming discouragement by using the inner resources she has learned with Cathi.
My hope as her primary physician, is that Cathi and M. will be able to continue to work together to maintain that inner strength and hope as she faces yet more months of pain, and further repeated surgery.
Thank you for the healing guidance you've been able to give her thus far.
Dr. Racer
“I sought out the help of Cathi during my divorce, and found her to be an insightful and compassionate coach. Her ability to see deep into the heart of an emotionally stressful problem is, I believe, unique and I would highly recommend her service to anyone.”
P.R. – Brooklyn Center
S., age 48, is a Laotian patient of mine with 15 years of chronic abdominal pain. She has had an extensive medical worked up, and nothing ever worked. Cathi saw her over several months.
S. has improved! Cathi established a trusting relationship with her, and helped her to effectively break through her wall of silence and grief about her son's mental illness, and taught her how to "change her thinking".
S. now comes in smiling, notes some unusual continued symptoms, but no longer has chronic abdominal disabling pain.
Dr. Cole
“Control My Stress is so amazing. I want to thank you, again, for such a valuable resource.”
Tony.