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I was wondering i've had a stress fracture in foot the podiatrist told me that it will take a year to heal what happens if it doesn't heal when that?
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Let me explain: You have stress fracture in the foot? If it is stress fracture should heal when stop stressing the area which it 6-8 weeks. May be he is talking about something else?
Answered 4/25/2013
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A year??: I have never seen or heard of a stress fracture take that long unless you have an autoimmune disease. We're you splinted, in cast or walking boot? Time for another opinion . Are you sure it was a stress fracture?
Answered 4/27/2013
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Healing may vary: Different people may have different healing times depending on the location of the fracture, the age, the general health, level of offloading. Generally bone takes 4 to 8 weeks to heal under ideal conditions.
Answered 3/10/2014
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