Acute Injury Case Study
The patient usually begins with an initial mild pain related to physical activity progresses in intensity without a history of an acute injury. Initially, the pain is removed to rest, but after one to two weeks, becomes continuous, intense and can awaken at night to the person. You can find local pain and inflammation by touching the fracture site. The usual treatment of stress fractures is rest and sometimes immobilization of the affected bone is required, but there are some areas like the front of the tibia, the femoral neck, the fifth metatarsal and scaphoid of the foot, which often have a better result if surgically