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Can you tell me how i could run through a stress fracture?
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Pain tolerance: Many long distance athletes develop stress fx after weeks to months of continuous workouts. These are differentiated from shin splints by point tenderness. Eventually they become so tender running is not longer possible. On a very rare occasion they turn into a complete fracture
Answered 5/22/2014
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Pain tolerance: Everyone has a different pain threshold, some people can compete with injuries that others would find incompatible with any form of exercise.
Answered 6/2/2014
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