11/25/2025
š„Secondary Factors in Stress Fractures
These are not just 6 weeks and ease back in!
Training behavior and fueling arguably play the largest role.
However, sometimes there are other factors at play. Especially when the training and fueling seem quite reasonable. Some easier to manipulate and others more challenging.
Keeping an eye out for this other factors can really make a difference in the expectations long term woth your game plan. Specifically looking at the medications and youth activities here as that is not looked at enough in the PT world.
Additionally, sleep and stress from other life demands are often quite relevant too and deserve attention.
Again, these situations are almost always more than just 6 weeks off and ease back in.
We love biomechanics in PT, but that often falls pretty low in the hierarchy of helping someone recover from stress fracture for me.