107. Managing Running Related Bone Stress and Stress Fractures

107 - Managing Running Related Bone Stress and Stress Fractures Today we dive into one of the BIGGEST and most complex running injuries of all... BONE STRESS. It's a HUGE topic and today covers all the basics when it comes to pathophysiology, diagnosis, risk factors and early management. This is far from a rehab guide as bone stress is complex and frequently requires a multidisciplinary management approach. What you will learnt however is; - what causes bone stress and what it actually is from a pathophysiology perspective - who gets them and why - both biomechanical and biological risk factors - training error you should look out for - gold standard diagnosis, who to seek help from and why other input may be requirred - grading stress, injury site and bone type - early management, prognosis, de-loading and time frames to return to running In the next bone stress episode we will delve deeper into management and bone loading principals. Some references for your further reading; https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2014.5334 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7049623/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33635519/ https://runningmatekc.com/ Thank you for all the ongoing support friends, it means so much! TSSP x