[pct-l] stress fractures

[johnvonhof at comcast.net (John Vonhof)]

Dave,

Have the stress fractures been confirmed through an MRI? Normal X-rays
usually do not show these hairline fractures. As Steel-Eye said, I'd be
leery of a podiatrist who said he/she had treated a lot of these. I too feel
that trail runners are good shoes for most hikers. It would take a lot of
weight AND a lot of increasing mileage in a short amount of time, to cause
heel stress fractures. Have you ruled out heel spurs?

John Vonhof
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On 7/21/05 10:32 AM, "Dave Encisco" <dencisco@eos.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Just curious as to whether anyone else has been dealing with heel
> stress fractures since switching from boots to lighter trail hiking
> shoes. I've been using NB and Lowa trail shoes for about four years
> now, but recently I've been suffering from heel stress fractures;
> which I've never experienced before. It has nothing to do with the
> wear and tare of the shoe, because I buy new shoes every spring and
> the recent fracture occurred two weeks ago using a new pair of
> Lowa's. My (new) podiatrist says he has treated a lot of heel stress
> fractures of people carrying heavy loads and using trail runners. Well
> my heavy loaded pack is only about 25 lbs. at the most and the only
> other thing I can think of is I use my trail runners for mostly
> x-country and peak summits now. My most recent problem did occur on a
> trail, but the Austrian and Slovenia trails are closer to our Sierra
> x-country routes. Just curious...it could be that I'm just getting
> older.
> 
> Dave
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