Treatment of stress fractures in the primary care setting is based on whether the fracture is in a high- or low-risk site. Low-risk sites include the second through fourth metacarpal shafts, posterior ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 23-year-old female, former collegiate cheerleader with a history of right patellar instability presented to ...

It’s a diagnosis no runner wants to hear: stress fracture, or a small crack in the surface of bone often caused by overuse. While there are several factors that contribute to developing stress ...

Correspondence to: Dr Milgrom, Department of Orthopaedics, Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem, Israel; milgrom{at}md2.huji.ac.il Background: Repetitive high bone strain ...

A stress fracture of the foot is a tiny crack in one of the bones in your foot. It’s most commonly caused by overuse and usually not the result of falls or other accidents. In fact, you might not even ...

When you fracture a bone, the injury sets off a very intricate and lengthy healing process. Bones are tough, but they’re not able to heal from a fracture in a day, a week, or even a month. It takes ...

3 The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Correspondence to Dr Wouter H Mallee, Academic Medical Center of Amsterdam, Department of ...

FATIGUE fracture, synonymously called march fracture, is a condition most commonly seen in recruits who are suddenly subjected to unaccustomed physical training. This entity was initially recorded by ...

A fracture is a broken bone. Doctors will use different methods to repair bone fractures depending on their location, type, and severity. Fractures can be complete or partial. Some require surgery or ...