I'm waiting to have an MRI tomorrow to confirm a diagnosis of a calcaneus (heel) stress fracture. I'm sure that I am not the first one on this board to suffer this injury and I was hoping that you could share your experiences. I'm wondering how you were treated, how long it took to heal, and what kind of exercises you did while waiting.

So far, the only thing that is pain free is swimming. I did bike for 25 miles yesterday and that was pretty easy as long as I avoided climbing hills or using my hard gears as the added pressure on the ball of my foot transfered to extreme pain in my heel. I aslo found that using the elliptical machine this morning was very uncomfortable and quit after only twenty minutes. This is going to be tough.

Thanks in advance for sharing.

Karri