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What makes a lumbar stress fracture and a lumbar strain different?
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They both can feel : The same and can occur with the same type of injury mechanism but a fracture is a bone injury and a strain is a soft tissue or muscular injury. Occasionally, a stress fracture may require surgery while a lumbar strain always heals without any surgery.
Answered 11/9/2012
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