When I incurred an avulsion fracture of the base of my right fifth metatarsal bone while running on a wet hillside on July 22 of this year at 11:30 am, I knew instantly it was more than the usual tweak.
By the time I got back home 15 minutes after the injury, I could tell by the pain and swelling it was not gonna be a passing thing.
Cut to a visit to an urgent care facility for a foot x-ray and there it was: even a former anesthesiologist who'd breathed too much unscavenged waste gas over nearly forty years in the OR could see the fracture line.
Next up: finding a comfortable shoe that didn't flex much to enable the fracture to heal while continuing weight-bearing.
My Crack Research Team©®™ happened on the Birkenstocks pictured above and below during their search and as they were nearly half-off so I took a flutter.
Full disclosure: I've never worn Birkenstocks because I think they're just too dorky for my sensibilities.
Long story short: much to my surprise, mine look quite sporty and un-Birkenstockish: in fact, less like Birkies than any I've ever seen.
And they're super-comfortable.
You can too, right here.
Lagniappe: the classic cork footbed was shaped perfectly to accommodate the fracture site, as if it had been custom molded for just this eventuality.
TMI? Below, the x-ray of my foot fracture: can you see the fracture line?
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