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... The most common sports injury that can cut a season short is a stress fracture. Of all the sports injuries, stress fractures occur 10% of the time. Running causes stress fractures more often than all other sports combined. So what exactly is a stress fracture? A stress fracture is an overuse injury. When muscles become worn out and are unable to absorb added shock the muscle transfers the added stress to the bone that results in a tiny crack called a stress fracture
About 20-25% of all stress fractures affect the weight-bearing bones of the leg: the fibula, tibia, and metatarsal bones. The shaft of the tibia is the most common site of stress fractures. ... Excessive subtalar pronation can incline a tibia stress fracture. The second most common site of stress fractures is the second metatarsal. ... A study of military recruits showed that flat flexible feet were related to a higher percentage of metatarsal stress fractures. ...
It is thought that stress fractures probably come after periostitis (inflamed connective tissue that covers the bone surface).
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