Stress fractures are small bone cracks from overuse. Learn about the causes, who's at risk, and current methods for diagnosis ...

With the pain in her hip increasing, O’Keeffe received another MRI on a machine with higher resolution, which revealed a femoral stress fracture. “It’s good we have a clear answer.

Correspondence to: Dr Hulstyn Brown University Department of Orthopaedics Division of Sports Medicine, 2 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905, USA; hulstyncox.net Background: Stress fractures do not often ...

Whilst a stress fracture may sound fairly innocuous ... Once diagnosed by a doctor, who’ll use an X-ray, CT, MRI or DEXA scan to check the injury, a splint or boot may be used to support ...

The edema pattern was non-linear, without discrete form, which in conjunction with lack of symptoms also argues against stress fracture ... pattern of the ankle on MRI. This talar edema pattern ...

I had returned to running for about 6 months following a stress fracture in my left femur when I started noticing ... My orthopaedic doctor ordered a pelvic MRI, told me it showed hamstring oedema on ...