Some fractures involve both bones; others affect only one. The fracture itself may take place on the bulbous ends of the ...

A generalized ache or tenderness over the bone in the area of the stress fracture may initially be diagnosed as muscle injury or muscle strain. Stress fractures of the tibia (shin bone ...

Pain over the affected bone, local swelling and warmth are ... such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly ...

treadmill runners are at lower risk of developing tibial stress fractures, but less likely to achieve tibial bone strengthening, than overground runners. If competitive runners are excluded, there are ...