My physio can’t do anything for the stress fracture - so it’s time for some custom made orthotics.

I went to see the physio earlier today about my stress fracture - and as I thought they said there was pretty much nothing they could do for me to aid the healing process. As the fracture is bone, it just needs time and rest in order to heal itself.
The best thing I could do for myself in the meantime though is to see a podiatrist in order to get fitted for some custom made orthotics. These would correct my overpronation and hopefully stop me from getting any stress fractures in the future.

Whilst I was with the physio I did mention that I still wake up with very tight and sore achilles tendons ever morning. My physio explained that this wasn’t a surprise due to my overpronation as each time I take a step the achilles tendon is being put under a twisting force due to the incorrect motion of my foot.

As wel as stretches for the calf and achilles tendon she gave me some eccentirc exercises for the achilles tendon which should hopefully give them back some strength. I’ve posted a description of these exercises in the ‘exercises to prevent running injuroes’ section of this site.