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What could happen if you run on a foot with a stress fracture?
3 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Fracture: Stress fractures are the last stage before complete failure of the bone. The balance between bone breakdown and bone rebuilding has been lost. Continuing to run on a stress fracture will delay healing in the best of circumstances and will eventually result in a complete fracture.
Answered 7/17/2013
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Stress fracture: Running on a stress fracture can increase your pain and cause the stress fracture to become a real fracture.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Fracture: A stress fracture is the result of overuse and running in particular is a common cause of this condition. Running after diagnosis of stress fracture could result in affected bone fracturing frankly necessitating further treatment and/or surgery.
Answered 6/24/2012
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After recovering from a stress fracture in their foot/leg, is it supposed to hurt at all when first starting to run?
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Think I had stress fracture in big metatarsal in foot year and half ago running still slightly flares up sometimes,never got treated what should I do?
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When recovering from a stress fracture in the foot/leg, will it hurt at all when you first start to run?
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