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Is it true that if you fracture a bone, when it fully heals, the original fracture site will be stronger than it was before the fracture?
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Often: healed bone is often has thicker cortical walls which make it stronger for a time. Over time your body usually balances things out as the bone responds to stresses through a response called Wolff's law
Answered 4/6/2015
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