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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: The only sport I'm really good at is running. Last year, I had to quit our team because I fractured my lower leg. At first I was told I had shin splints. When my leg didn't get better, my mother insisted I see a bone doctor. He had me take a bone scan, and he found I had a stress fracture in my lower left leg. He said I got it because I'm a girl. Is that for real? What else could cause it? I'd like to run this year. - M.C.
ANSWER: "Shin splints" is a name that ought to be retired. It has little meaning. People use it for any pain between the knee and ankle.See the full content of this document
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Too Much Running Can Fracture Bones
Stress fractures are true breaks in the bone, but they are very tiny breaks. Often an X-ray misses them, but a bone scan reliably demonstrates such breaks. They occur when forces on the bone exceed the bone's strength to tolerate them. They're very common am...
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