Put a band aid on it and get back out there.....

generally 6 weeks non weight bearing (moon boot) is ideal but in truth barely anyone is willing to put themselves through that. Best to not stress it out for a few weeks bare minimum.

It will be weak and break more easily if you don't put it through a good 6 weeks, but that also depends on the type of fracture that it was.

Currently have 3 x fractured toes, I got back on the water (with pain) at the 3 week mark and then took another week off. I have been back out recently and use strapping tape - loads of it and booties.

It's easy to say harden up...but it can hurt like hell and everyone's pain threshold is different. Move at your own pace.
Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Used paddlepop sticks when I dislocated finger - still bent but full functional...
Get some performance enhancing drugs onto it if UR that desperate...

AP

I gotta tip
Don't fracture metatarsal

Maybe you could try riding in boots as when done up properly you have ally more support and it is around your ankle/ heelas opposed to straps which hold over the top of your foot. It may be a good safety measure to prevent reinjury, Boots do take a bit of work to get into though so maybe try the hyperlite system binding you could strap your foot up real nice put the boot on and then just clip into the bindings once you get out on the water.

axion said..

Maybe you could try riding in boots as when done up properly you have ally more support and it is around your ankle/ heelas opposed to straps which hold over the top of your foot. It may be a good safety measure to prevent reinjury, Boots do take a bit of work to get into though so maybe try the hyperlite system binding you could strap your foot up real nice put the boot on and then just clip into the bindings once you get out on the water.

I think that would work really well axion, but I only have a strapless surfboard and a wakeskate. The moon boot support feels exactly like my snowboard boots though, so I think it would definitely get me out on the water sooner if I had a TT!

thorn said..

I just kept kiting. If you need to, strap your toe to the next one. Doctors do very little with these injuries.

Dude a metatarsal is not a toe.

Being a 5th metatarsal is the long bone on the outside that attaches to the pinky toe. Being that injury..... Narrow you stance if you can on the twinny..
As far as rehab. The bone heals itself as it has weight on it every day. The way to make it heal faster it let it set....

As far as kiting on a twinny, 4 weeks minimum if you treat it right then 4 weeks mowing the grass with appropriate strapping at a FLATwater spot. Better still strap your foot and get out on that surfboard. Rember the young bulls that rush in to sire all the cows and within 1 day there all out... The older bulls then go nuts for the whole season...