Female Athletes With Stress Frustrations

Most tress fractures will heal with rest from aggravating activity. Activitis should be maintained during this rest period in the form of non waiy bearing activities. When properly counselled, these athletes may return to high endurance sports activities. Psychiatric consultation may not be necessary unless an eating disorder has been diagnosed. Serum calcium levels are normal in these patients. They indicate the importance of delineating the history of pain and its relation to exercise. Mri is en, the advancing imaging test of choice.