Melanie: If someone suspects that they might have a stress fracture, they come to see you and what can they expect? Do you generally do X-rays and what are some of the treatments?ĭr. Most commonly, folks are going to feel this down in the shin or in the foot. Rarely folks can get them higher up in the pelvis area, either the femur which is the large upper thigh bone or in some of the bones of the pelvis itself. Some people might start getting pain on the outside part of the foot that’s a very common area for stress fractures in runners. Bigosinski: The most common areas for stress fractures in runners are definitely the shins or the big shin bone, the tibia in the lower leg, as well as some of the small bones in the foot. If you’re running and you start to feel this pain, what do you suggest and where are they going to feel this pain in the stress fracture? Is it more in the heel? Is it in the back, in the gastrocs? Do they feel it more like a shin splint?ĭr. When we go back and talk to these folks about the history, they say, “Yeah, sort of sore in that area for a few weeks and then one day, I was running and then I felt a really intense, more acute pain.” That soreness that they have early on is more of what we call a stress reaction where that bone is getting irritated or inflamed and then that really acute, sharp pain is when that bone actually fails or breaks. Bigosinski: Build up to it is usually chronic. Is it something that’s acute, chronic, does it happen all of a sudden?ĭr.
Melanie: How does that happen with runners? You’re out there running on the streets. If you bend that paper clip back and forth long enough, the middle of that paper clip starts getting hot and then eventually it can break and our bones can do the same thing and that’s what happens in a stress fracture. Christian Bigosinski (Guest): I’ll make the analogy of a paper clip getting bent back and forth, and that’s what out bone does when we run. Tell us first, what is a stress fracture? Can be one of the most frustrating injuries a runner can come down with, so explain a little bit about what it is, how it happens.ĭr. My guest today is Maine Medical Center sports medicine physician, Dr. Stress fractures are one of the leading causes of a premature end to a great running season. If you’re getting ready for a road race, it’s easy to over-train early on.
Melanie Cole (Host): With warmer weather and longer days on the way, runners will soon begin to hit the streets in large numbers.
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