Originally Posted by big john

I'm walking around the house with a cane and the foot is wrapped in an Ace bandage with rolled up cloth under the arch to try and keep pressure off the fracture. I have a boot, an Aircast, but it can cause pain because it puts pressure on the fracture. I use it when I leave the house, which isn't often. I tried different things to make it work. I cut some foam to fit under the sole with a cutout where the break is and also have rolled up cloth under the arch. If I get that assembled just right walking is pretty painless.

When using the Aircast I wear a thick soled hiking boot on my other foot to try and level out. My bike club president broke his foot trail running last year and he went to work and did everything with the Aircast. This delayed the healing of his foot and screwed up his knee and his back from being imbalanced. When his foot was finally healed, he still couldn't ride because his back was messed up and he needed PT for months.

My second toe on my non-injured foot is purple and green from kicking the feet on the bottom of the cane. Kicked it pretty hard a couple times. Also, Mrs. John has a walker from her sciatica days, so I tried it. The grips are hard plastic and I leaned into them pretty heavily and bruised the bone (I think) on the base of my palm on my right hand. It hurt so bad I was worried I wouldn't be able to use the cane but with ice and gripping the cane away from the pain it came back around.