Tip - How Do You Know When You Have a Stress Fracture?

Sometimes the conventional wisdom isn't so wise. In running, among the many supposedly ironclad "rules" are three sports medicine matters that merit debunking. First, that cortisone shots are an inherently bad treatment and that you shouldn't receive more than three shots for any injury. Second, that you can't run on a stress fracture, so if you have an injury but can still run, then it can't possibly be a stress fracture. Third, that orthotics can cure every injury. Let's look at each of these and sort fact from fiction.