Repetitive and excessive stress on a bone can cause stress fractures, most often involving the leg or foot. These are common injuries that many patients overlook until the injury worsens and causes ...

Seek medical help immediately if you suspect a broken leg. Treatment might involve a splint, cast, or surgery, depending on ...

Stress fractures are common injuries that begin with repetitive and excessive stress on a bone, usually involving the leg or foot. Unlike a traumatic bone fracture, many patients overlook the early ...

A Maisonneuve fracture refers to a break or fracture in the fibula close to the knee, with a co-occurring sprain in the ankle. The impact of a sprained ankle may travel up the leg and cause the fibula ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...

BEIJING – U.S. skier Nina O’Brien has a compound fracture of her left tibia and fibula and will be taken back to the United States for further treatment. O’Brien had initial surgery at a hospital in ...