How do stress fractures occur?

How do stress fractures occur?

Gary Brazina (Sports Medicine Physician) gives expert video advice on: What is an 'acute' injury?; What is an 'overuse' injury?; What is a 'fracture'? and more...

Stress fractures occur from overuse. The most common stress fractures we see are in the foot, from runners either not wearing a good pair of shoes or overtraining. We also see stress fractures in women, as part of that terrible triad of the female athlete.