Stress Rupture

ORTHOPEDICS/SPORTS INJURIES/OVERUSE DAMAGES

Stress Ruptures/Overuse

A stress rupture is different from the classic broken bone caused by a severe event.

A stress rupture is a damage caused commonly due to overuse, (most frequently seen in athletes).

 A stress rupture is like a car shock or a fall.

In those situations, the bone is disposed to an extremely high force that causes the crack.

A stress crack happens when the forces are much lower, and it may last for a long period;

Damages resulting from stress rupture are also called fatigue cracks.

A stress rupture can happen to any body’s bone, but is commonly seen in the foot, shin, and hip’s bones.

A stress crack is rarely occurring as well in the upper extremity since the arms do not support the body’s weight.

Stress Rupture/Signs

Most frequently, pain related to activity is the stress crack sign.

The pain occurring from a stress crack is commonly expected, which signify that athletes generally know accurately how long into their move until the pain develops; therefore the pain normally resolves as soon as the damaged body part is relaxed.

Because of these, overuse damages. The examination can be serious in the diagnostic evaluation.

Note that X-rays may not show a stress rupture, but they may show proof of bone attempting to heal around the stress rupture zone.

A bone scan or MRI may be recommended if the diagnosis is uncertain or if the problem is not resolved with therapy.

How Stress Ruptures Happen

Bone is continuously undergoing modifications to adapt to its environment because the skeleton is not under a constant force of gravity, consequently the bone adapts to the environment.

Stress ruptures are typically seen in athletes who overuse forces over a short period.

This overuse force placed on the bone causes the bone to remodeling and becoming stronger in the zones of higher stress.

However, if the bone did not respond to this force, and cannot keep the pace of such recurrent demands, a stress crack may be the result.

Stress ruptures are practically the consequence of increasing intensity of an activity so quickly for the body to acclimatize.

Another feature may contribute to the development of a stress crack is a dietary abnormality.

This is the main reason that adolescent female athletes are at predominantly high risk for a stress crack development.

Stress Rupture/Therapy

The stress rupture best therapy is relaxing the damaged body part, and avoiding the overuse activity.

Note that hip Stress ruptures are expressly concerning, because if these ruptures displace, a surgery is required, and long-term complications are of an important concern.

Other common stress rupture therapy are also classically performed, such as Ice applying on the damaged zone, wear a specific proper footwear and increasing activities progressively.