Insidious local pain from repetitive activity
Worse with continued activity
Pain at rest (e.g., night pain)
Assess risk factors and training history (miles per week, intensity, frequency...
Stop the offending activity.
Use a cast, pneumatic boot, rigid sole shoe, or crutches to ensure pain-free relative rest.
A compression boot for tibial SFs leads to earlier retu...
Athletes are typically followed every 2 to 4 wk to assess for symptomatic improvement and allow a gradual increase in weight-bearing. A progressive jogging protoc...
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Varley I, Greeves JP. Functional polymorphisms...
Diagnosis is based on high index of suspicion, risk factors, and clinical findings. Negative x-rays do not exclude SFs.
Obtain urgent advanced imaging in patients with antalgic gait and...
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