Stress Fractures:

Stress Fractures are small cracks and breaks in a bone. We see them quite often in the long bones of the foot called the metatarsals. 

Stress Fractures are cuased by repetitive injury due to inappropriate shoe gear, increasing a workout training program too quickly, poor bone quality due to underlying medical history like osteoporosis and plain old overuse injury. 

You shouldn’t have foot pain so don’t ignore your symptoms. If you have pain, increased redness, swelling, warmth to an area without a break in the skin you may hae a stress fracture.

Immediate treatment is criticial to prevent further injury, and start appropriate recovery.

Initially, x-rays may be negative for a stress fracture but based off of your symptoms we offload the foot.

Unfortunately sometimes it isn’t seen on an X-ray for several weeks. 

Author
Garrett Kalmar, DPM, AACFAS

You Might Also Enjoy...

Top 7 Morton's Neuroma Treatment Options

Ever feel like your walking on a pebble or a marble only to check your shoe and see nothing is there? This pain in for feet or toes may start to make your day-to-day tasks very difficult. This may be a sign of a neuroma. The physicians at Kalmar Family Pod

What is a Morton's Neuroma?

Ever feel like your walking on a pebble or a marble only to check your shoe and see nothing is there? This pain in for feet or toes may start to make your day-to-day tasks very difficult. This may be a sign of a neuroma.

Shoe Buying Tips

It can be very overwhelming trying to find the "right" shoe. If you are shopping on line or in store we provide a few tips to ease the process. The selection for children, women, men and athletes all differ because they all have unique shoe requirements.

Tips For Healthy Winter Feet

Don't let sore, achy feet ruin your winter season. Kalmar Family Podiatry offers some helpful tips for healthy winter feet