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How does one get over a stress fracture?
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Rest: You will need to allow the fracture to heal which may take 4-8 weeks to heal you cannot really make the fracture heal faster than nature will allow once the fracture is fully healed you will gradually return to you normal activity.
Answered 10/3/2016
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