There remains limited supportive evidence of a pathology continuum from stress reaction to stress fracture, with some stress fractures not being proceeded or coupled with stress reaction changes.7 ...

Stress fractures of the tibia (shin bone ... and some stress fractures do not ever show on X-rays. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) will show a stress fracture. A bone scan could also be ordered ...

Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS ... standing foot pronation and a history of orthotics use, MTSS or stress fracture. Muscle hernia, stress fracture and chronic exertional compartment syndrome ...

Stress fractures cause pain actually within the involved bone, usually the tibia. At first ... is confirmed with an x-ray or sometimes an MRI. Treatment is rest with or without immobilization.