Can you train through a stress fracture?

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I find that hard to believe, but I guess there are different levels of stress fracture.

You can as it's typically not so painful that it will force you to stop. But of course you shouldn't as doing so will retard if not completely stop the healing process (despite Levin's experience). Plus you don't want to have what happenned to Kevin Ware happen to you.

He was in 11th grade, I would be skeptical of this until i saw an x-ray. What doctor would recommend he keep running on it and why would he ignore a doctor recommendation.

you can if its only at the shin split stage.

I don't think Cam Levins had a full stress fracture, maybe some serious shin splints/stress reaction but not a stress fracture. Fracture means the bone is broken. To run on a broken bone will constantly put it out of alignment and cause osteoblasts to delay the growth process which takes days to weeks in the fastest responders.

Cam Levins did not have a stress fracture. He is a monumental troll and no one should go about believing him.

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I find that hard to believe, but I guess there are different levels of stress fracture.

There are several levels and types of pre-fractures, but usually only one very common type of hairline fracture most people get. You can also have a bone chip, or in really severe cases like the Louisville player who split his leg in half a compound fracture that completely avoids the stress fracture part.

1)Shin splint: shin splint/pain in sheath/tendons near a bone lowest level very common pain usually subsides with rest of a day or two which is enough time for the bone to strengthen.

2)Stress reaction: Splints/tendon pain can lead to a stress reaction which can lead directly to a hairline stress fracture or in severe cases a compound fracture.

3)Bone bruise: bone bruises often occur from sudden hard impacts or falls. Distance runners can get them from hard jumps or falls as their bones are already stressed.

4)Hairline stress fracture: Bone is broken, but in a thin line across the bone medium, the bone sheath and bone interior is intact.

5)Broken bone (compound or simple) usually in sports this stage is compound type.

1 usually leads to 2 which leads to 4 and will lead to 5. 3 can lead to 4 or 5. Once you get to stage 2 you are taking massive risks of serious injury.

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Cam Levins did not have a stress fracture. He is a monumental troll and no one should go about believing him.

Confirmed troll. He's run more than 100 mpw.

I've seen him say multiple times that he's never done any weights. I find that hard to believe too.

You are really ignorant. Runners have been running on stress fractures for decades. Thousands if not tens of thousands of them.

Its not a full stress fracture then. A stress fracture is an actual fracture of the bone. You can not run on it and get better. Stress reactions/bone bruise major shin splints yes. Stress fracture no.

Telling people this is ok or smart or that 'cam levins did it' is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

He's a liar and a drug cheat. I don't believe a word that comes out of this guys mouth.