Repetitive and excessive stress on a bone can cause stress fractures that most often involve the leg or foot. These are common injuries that many patients overlook until the injury worsens and causes ...

Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a runner like the threat of a stress fracture. These painful cracks in the bone can require weeks or months of rest to heal. Unlike a regular broken bone you might ...

While many people experience MTSS when exercising, it can be prevented with stretching and treated with rest. Share on Pinterest Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is the medical name for shin ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...

A 23-year-old female, former collegiate cheerleader with a history of right patellar instability presented to the ED with acute onset of sharp, severe pain in her right knee after feeling a pop when ...

Tibial plateau fractures are rare, making up around 1% of all fracture injuries. Tibial plateau fractures usually result from severe trauma. But these fractures can also happen when you have weakened ...