stress fractures
Tiny bone cracks
Stress fractures are tiny cracks in bone caused by repetitive force or overuse rather than a single impact.
Common among runners, dancers, and military recruits, they typically develop in weight-bearing bones of the feet and legs: She was sidelined for six weeks with stress fractures in her shins.
The term sometimes extends metaphorically to accumulated strain on systems or relationships.
- overuseExcessive employment of something
- hairlineScalp-skin boundary
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- overuse injuriesDamage from repeated stress
- shin splintsInflammation along the shinbone
repetitive strain · training load · bone healing · metatarsal · foot pain · insufficiency · tibia · running · biomechanics · bones · diagnostic imaging · sports medicine · march · orthopedics · fatigue · shin · weight-bearing · tendonitis
- exercise injuriesmuscle strain, pulled muscle, sprain, sprains, muscle tear
- orthopedicsorthopedic surgeon, orthopedic surgery, joint replacement, hip replacement, knee replacement
- musculoskeletal injuriessprains, strains, strain, sprain, dislocations
- sports medicinesports medicine, injury prevention, athletic tape, sports injuries, rehabilitation
- Body Careposture, breathing exercises, warm-up, cool-down, injury prevention
- defectsdefect, flaw, crack, cracks, defective
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