Greatest Risk Factors for Stress Fractures in Runners and What To Do About Them: Too Fast, Too Quickly When you add in speed training too quickly or increase your speed overall, it can be too fast for your bones to adapt. Most often, runners with a bone stress injury will present with pain 3-4 …
Running Injury Spotlight: Stress Fractures What are Stress Fractures? Stress fractures are tiny breaks in a bone that usually occur after loading the bone in the same (abnormal) way over and over again. Stress fractures of the legs affect athletes that perform repetitive movements, especially runners. Female runners are at a higher risk for stress …