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What causes foot stress fracture?
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Trauma: Repetitive amounts of low intensity trauma over time can lead to stress fractures.
Answered 9/22/2015
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See below: Exactly that stress placed on an abnormal way on the bone.
Answered 9/28/2016
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I think if : You investigate closely you will find a high proportion of these patients to have vitamin d deficiency. I examined chart records of the last 50 patients diagnosed with stress fractures. 49 of 50 all had vit d deficiency or insufficiency ( less than 30 mg/dl).
Answered 9/22/2015
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