healing a stage 3 stress fracture on foot, treatment?

Question

What is the best treatment for stress fractures in feet?

Answer 1

I would check: your vitamin d levels. and wear a stiff soled shoe like a surgical shoe or walking boot.

Answer 2

Pain: It is usually diagnosed by x-ray. Some fractures require an MRI to properly diagnose.

Answer 3

Pain and swelling: Pain in a specific area (not "all over") and swelling. X-rays do not always show a stress fracture right away. Mri should be used if high probability for stress fracture.

Answer 4

Symptoms & imaging: Stress fractures usually cause pain, but may also cause swelling and discoloration. The nature of stress fractures can make them very hard to identify on x-rays, but some may be apparent based on their size or phase in healing. Larger stress fractures or those that have had time to start healing are often the ones that can be seen with x-ray. The most specific test for a stress fracture is a mri.

Answer 5

Pain: Inability to bear weight without significant discomfort. If you cannot run because of severe pain in your foot, especially in the mid foot area, see your orthopaedist.

Answer 6

Symptoms: Stress fractures of the foot show up as: pain, swelling, and a loss of activity.

Answer 7

PAIN: Usually pinpoint pain with palpation. Swelling-maybe, maybe not.

Answer 8

Pain: Pain may be intermittent or constant and progressively worse with weightbearing. You may also see swelling in the area and definitely pain on palpation of the site.

Answer 9

Symptoms & imaging: Stress fractures usually cause pain, but may also cause swelling and discoloration. The nature of stress fractures can make them very hard to identify on x-rays, but some may be apparent based on their size or phase in healing. Larger stress fractures or those that have had time to start healing are often the ones that can be seen with x-ray. The most specific test for a stress fracture is a mri.

Answer 10

X-ray or MRI: A stress fracture in the foot may not initially show up on x-ray. If the area still hurts 1-2 months later then a second x-ray may show some signs of new bone growth indicative of a stress fracture. Or you can get an MRI scan that is more detailed and may show the stress fracture site via swelling internally or on the surface of the bone.

Answer 11

MRI or bone scan.: A stress fracture may not show up on an x-ray for 2-3 weeks and a stress reaction may never show. An MRI or a bone scan will show both of these early on.

Answer 12

6-8 weeks: It takes time for the fracture to heal and 6-8 weeks is a reasonable estimate some take longer based on age, nutritional status and type and location of the fracture.

Answer 13

Depends: It would be good to know which bone was fractured. In general it takes 6-8 weeks to heal depending on treatment.

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