Attn: FONZ

[Goldprospector]

Strange...cuz stress fractures usually aren't diagnosed until after they heal. And they don't occur after blunt trauma...did you mean hairline fracture?

Just thinking the same thing! hmmm

 

[Ulter]

I don't about that Bulldog. I see guys on the injured list for 2-4 weeks with a stress fracture all the time. They seem to be able to diagnose it immediately in major league sports.

 

[satchboogie]

Still on. Date is now set for Nov.2nd. Thats all.

I was stupid to try to train through it instead of letting it heal.

It does give eviction more time to diet down.

Novermber 2nd???????

wtf.. thats 5 months away!!

 

[Ulter]

He corrected himself. Aug 2

 

[satchboogie]

ok my bad there..

aug 2nd is more reasonable.

 

[Bulldog_10]

I don't about that Bulldog. I see guys on the injured list for 2-4 weeks with a stress fracture all the time. They seem to be able to diagnose it immediately in major league sports.

It's diagnosed more on circumstantial evidence than an MRI film or any solid evidence. Say you've been running alot lately and your ankle starts to hurt and they see nothing on the films...they'll make an educated guess saying it's a stress fracture, then after it heals they can confirm that it was indeed a stress fracture.

An MRI will not pick up a stress fracture, but it WILL pick up the extra bone that osteoblasts put there during the healing process to strengthen the bone in that area...this is how it is diagnosed.

 

[Ulter]

Regardless of HOW it's diagnosed it IS diagnosed though correct? Because your statement was that it's not diagnosed until after it heals, when in fact it's only confirmed after it heals, not diagnosed after it heals.

 

[Bulldog_10]

Regardless of HOW it's diagnosed it IS diagnosed though correct? Because your statement was that it's not diagnosed until after it heals, when in fact it's only confirmed after it heals, not diagnosed after it heals.

I'm saying that the diagnosis probably was not correct...or fonz misunderstood. Stress fractures are microtraumas that happen over time, thus very hard to diagnose for sure until it's already healed. Fonz mentioned the MRI, but it's nearly impossible to see a stress fracture on an MRI, so all the MRI could provide is an "inconclusive" diagnosis.

This fact, along with the fact that fonz said this happened from direct trauma makes me think it's a hairline fracture, not a stress fracture.

I guess we're splitting hairs here...I was just curious about the diagnosis is all.

 

[Ulter]

OIC I get it.

 

[tholdren]

An MRI can assess the bone marrow for signs of edema - thereby indirectly diagnosing recent trauma to the bone itself.

If he does have a hairline fracture as opposed to a stress fracture, then taking only two weeks off is likely not going to cut it.