Can One Walk While Having A Mild Stress Fracture?

Posted on Wed, 4 May 2016

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Wed, 4 May 2016 Answered on

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Question : Dr. Parinam: Thank's for your recent answer regarding my right leg problem. A follow-up question would be asking if it's OK to continued walking for exercise, even if a mild stress fracture? Thanks.....

Answered by Dr. V. N. S. Parinam (24 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Ok to walk

Detailed Answer:
I am sorry for a delayed response but I did not intend to. I was not notified properly about this question.

Was a fracture certainly there? Was it reviewed by the doc? You can walk as long as you do not catch pain and the fracture is not displaced one.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar