About Stress Fractures - And Detecting Them

by Ken Lund
About Stress Fractures - And Detecting Them
Article by Eric Wicks






Sometimes stress fractures can be hard to detect. They are oftentimes a series of very small "micro" fractures that run along the bone, rather than just one big (and more obvious) fracture line within the bone. This can sometimes make them a bit harder to spot on an x-ray when compared to regular fractures or broken bones, which are usually pretty

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