total knee and stress fractures

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I had my right total knee done 3/17/08. Rehab. and range of motion had been

going fine, but

I developed a stress fracture in my right heel about 4 weeks ago, 6 weeks

into rehab.

Has any one else experienced this? I knew what had happened but I tried to

fix it as a soft

tissue injury because I couldn't convince the Docs until yesterday that it

was a fracture (they

could see the callus, or healing bone, on yesteday's x ray). It has been

very painful and I have

had to stop my rehab. on the knee, except for water exercises.

Last year I had corrective toe surgery and after 3 months I had a stress

fracture on THAT heel.

Doc says I have a lot of arthritis in both feet but not osteoporosis.

Do y'all think this is related to the surgery and too much rehab?

I am so frustrated. I just had gotten back to full time work (on my feet

all day as a PT) and

was walking on this thing in pain, and now cannot work for 3 weeks.

Annie Pal

PT in SC