Sorry for being awol I have been a bit out of sorts or in denial about my injury. Had ART, Chiropractor visits, massages, even raced some (painfully)

 

I believe I have a sacral stress fracture. As some of you know for months now I have had pain that was dispersed from my groin, my butt and would sometimes radiate down my leg was not diagnosed until now. Experts said it was sciatica, muscle imbalances, back problems, etc...  All of them are commonly thought of when someone has a sacral stress fracture. Here is a description in case you find yourself in that situation. For those that are interested I posted some parts of a study below:

 

I go for special exams on Thursday so that tumors and other diseases can be 'hopefully" put to rest. It looks like I will have 6-8 weeks of no weight bearing actitivity...a perfect time to ready my body for an early switch to decathlons. I will still run and race put probably not as fast but I will have to be called "big and tallrunner soon.

 

Take care

Tall

 

Sacral stress fracture in athletes, particularly long-distance runners, is

rare [6,7,8,9,10]. Because our four patients were initially diagnosed with

disk disease, we contend that sacral stress fracture is underdiagnosed.

All four patients in our series presented with low back and vague buttock

pain. However, patients can also present with sacral pain radiating into the

buttock. Pain may also be felt in the groin and occasionally down the leg.

The differential diagnosis at the time of presentation may include disk

disease, spinal stenosis, tumors (especially in older patients), and

musculotendinous strain. Physical examination may not provide reliable signs

initially because many of these patients have diffuse low back, sacral, and

buttock pain. Most patients have localized tenderness over the sacrum and

sacroiliac joint. A workup begins with radiography, which is helpful in

excluding tumors, but stress fractures may not be identified because of

overlying bowel gas and the geometry of the sacrum. Because the fractures

tend not to produce callus, they are more difficult to visualize.

Yikes, that stinks tall!!  T&P that there are no tumors or such.

 

Be careful over the next few weeks especially, you'll need to think about what you eat and how much as your caloric need goes down.  You still need good nutrients though to help the healing, just not as many calories.  No screen eating, that's an order

 

seriously, best wishes for a speedy recovery

rs

I hope you heal fast and strong Tall. You've been missed

Tall. SF is better than muscle/nerve issues. The SF's heal fast.  Look at rbbmoose who has had dozens of SF's and is still one of our fastest. Heal up and you'll be fine!  Sometimes our bodies force us to go idle because runners are typically a stubborn lot.  Good luck!

Steve

"I believe I have a sacral stress fracture."

 

So you really don't have an official diagnosis.  Can't they tell with an X-ray?

You can't decide you have this based on a description that you've read.   

 

My money is still on sciatica.    

Well, Tall, I hope it's not a stress fracture. I just don't think you're a likely candidate. I'm with Ilene on this one. I think it's Sciatica. That's what I have, and there's no way in hell I ever would've thought my symptoms were from the degenerative disk condition I have. An X-ray will tell a lot, an MRI might even tell more. A bone scan would confirm a SFX 100%. I hope you let us know...