Possible Stress fracture, need advice ASAP

Just wanted to expand before a reply comes. I normally run around 3-5 miles a day, but the reason I ran 1 mile today was because I felt the swelling before the run and the discomfort made me think that it was a good idea to run a hard 1 mile and see how I felt later in the day and tommorow. The jog up the steep hill was racing my friend to get something at the top. It was very steep (to the point of almost too steep) and maybe 1/3 of a mile but my shin felt fine the whole time. Its just weird because it is quite swollen

Hate to bump this again but just wanted to add It seems to hurt for a few minutes if I press on it. I tryed the vibration test and that didnt hurt it and I jumped on it like 20-30 times (hop test) and that felt fine. Im going to bed and praying for a response tonight, I am really worried about this, as I have been training for the USMC for so long a stress fracture would break my heart no pun intended

Sill no replys... :( Ok so today I woke up, and still no pain when hopping and all that, but it is still swollen, maybe a little less swollen than yesterday but swollen. The big diffrence is today it is bruised. Where it is swollen it is now discolored like a bruise, slightly red, slightly dark. Please someone reply Im scared about this one

Why don't you see a professional about it?

I have no idea but first thing is, decide to take at least a few days off- you are not going to get out of shape by resting for a few days.

Sounds like a stress reaction at the least. This can progress into a stress fracture. You have to take time off with these bone injuries you cannot run on them. You can do seated cycling or pool running / swimming depending on the severity of the injury, but you will need to take time off running until there is no pain to touch it or walk around.

This happened to me several months ago. It took me four weeks to get a bone scan and by the time I got the scan the swelling had gone down. The bone was completely clear. My doc thought it was a stress fracture and since it was on the front of the tibia, a very bad one. You don't want a stress fracture on the anterior portion of your tibia (google it). I honestly still don't know what it was. My doc theorized it might have been compartment syndrome and the muscle pushed through the fascia. I have no clue if that's correct but after the bone scan I pretty much went right back into running and never had any subsequent problems.

Get a bone scan or an MRI to be sure.

Sorry I reread my reply and it's very unclear. Let me rewrite...

I had the swelling like you on the front of my tuba, very tender to touch. Did not hurt to run, hop, anything. Hurt to touch though. Doctor thought it was a stress fracture. Couldn't run.

Got the bone scan 4 weeks later, it was clear. Doc thought maybe my muscle had pushed through the fascia on the front of my leg causing the swelling. Who knows if he was right. At that point, tenderness and swelling was gone.

Went back into running with a sensible return to running plan. No problems since.