
Don't Ignore Your Pain Symptoms - It Could be a Stress Fracture
Written by: Lee Diehl, MD Article Source: AOSSM (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) Pain is the body’s way of trying to tell us something. It’s a protective sign. Bone and the coverings on the outside of bone have lots of nerve endings capable of signaling problems. Like other tissues in our bodies, bone is constantly undergoing a re-model. It responds to physical stress by reinforcing its’ underlying structure allowing it to withstand the stress. This describe