Swelling and pain are the primary symptoms of a stress fracture. What are the symptoms of a tibial stress fracture? Estrogen helps maintain bone health, so for women who are post-menopausal are at risk for stress fractures in general. Low bone mineral density, osteoporosis, and inadequate nutritional intake are risk factors for a stress fracture. There is weak evidence supporting the use of cushioned shoes to reduce these stresses, but the interplay between shoe type and foot contact pattern is not well established due to conflicting evidence in the literature. Some running forms are associated with higher loads in the tibia and thus stress fracture risk. That stress reaction weakens the bone and continued load on the bone will cause a stress fracture to form. Typically, stress fractures start out as a “stress reaction” in the bone. Stress fractures in runners are the result of the repeated load applied to the leg. They develop slowly with repetitive load on a bone as opposed to a typical fracture that is caused by a sudden twisted or bending force on the bone. They can take several weeks before becoming visible on an x-ray. They are there although you cannot see them. If you bend that branch but don’t break it in half, then you will hear small cracks forming. A simple way to understand stress fractures is to think about a small branch or twig. They are generally small and often do not extend all the way through the bone.
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A stress fracture is a hairline crack in a bone.
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