Minimalist Shoes May Increase chance of Stress Fractures!
Minimalist Shoes and Stress Fractures We discussed stress fractures yesterday. Today well focus on one specific way they can occur, and how YOU can prevent them! I put the abstract of an article that was just published this month. The article was done by Bergstra et al in the Journal of Sports and Medicine and goes on to conclude that, " This increased pressure in the forefoot region might play a role in the occurrence of metatarsal stress fractures in runners who switched to minimalist shoes and warrants a cautious approach to transitioning to minimalist shoe use." Keep reading below if you want to learn more. I provided the abstract to the article below, but those that are interested, I will provide a summary of this article for your own education. I'm not anti-minimalist shoe running but I am here to provide recent literature on certain topics. If you have a topic you would like to discuss and like me ...