If an untreated stress fracture worsens (gets bigger), you will start feeling the pain more quickly during activity that puts stress on the affected bones than when the stress fracture first appeared. If you think you may have a stress fracture in your foot or ankle, the most important thing to do is to immediately stop all activities that cause pain. The pain usually becomes more intense when you do impact activities and gets better during periods of rest. If you have recently changed or increased your activity and have pain in a specific area of the foot or ankle, you may have a stress fracture. Depending on the bone affected, it tends to hurt in very specific, pinpoint areas, and it will hurt when you touch the exact area where the bone is broken. The key symptom of a stress fracture is pain. (Illustration by Joseph Yu, BS.) What are the symptoms of a stress fracture in the foot and ankle?
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