Can I Run with a Metatarsal Stress Fracture?

Stress fractures are extremely common. But first thing is that if you’re going to figure out how to run the race, if you should run the race, whether or not it’s a good idea to run a race, you have to really understand what really is metatarsal stress fracture. Doctors want to put everybody in the same little bucket of “You have a metatarsal stress fracture. You can’t run.”  That’s not true at all. In fact I have had lots of patients who have actually had not only done an Ironman but I had one that actually had her fastest Ironman ever, four weeks after she was diagnosed with a metatarsal stress fracture and she was told to wear a boot for six weeks. Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we’re talking about whether or not you can run your race if you have a metatarsal stress fracture.