Factors that can increase your risk of stress fractures include:
- Increased Activity: When increasing your work out or training regimen innapropriately
- Go slow with intensity of training, duration of training and frequency of training
- Sports: High imact sports such as basketball, tennis, dance, gymnastics and track and field
- Gender: Women, are at higher risk especially postmenopausal
- Foot type: People with flat feet or high arch feet with inappropriate shoe gear
- Pre-existing conditions: Conductions that can weaken your bones make it easier for a stress fracture to occur ie: Osteoporisis, Abnormal thyroid, Obese
- Lack of Nutrition: Vitamin D and Calcium are crucial for bone health
- History of Stress Fracture
Author Garrett Kalmar, DPM, AACFAS