How Long Would A Stress Fracture In My Left Heel Take To Heal?
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Fractures can take 12 weeks to heal in most patients
Detailed Answer:
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A fracture can take approximately 12 weeks to heal in most patients. In your case there is a stress fracture and I guess that proper care is being taken to allow healing to progress.
Regarding playing tennis, you need to be careful to allow good healing of the stress fracture. It is important to take another xray after 12 weeks from date of the first xray and look for signs of healing. Once satisfactory healing is documented then you can slowly start playing short duration tennis games without exerting significant stress on the heel bones.
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