Metatarsal Bone Stress Injury study

It's marathon training season! To avoid overuse injury, many people recommend the "10% rule". That is, don't increase your training volume by more than 10 percent each week. This gives your muscles, bones, and tendons time to get used to the higher training load. Remember: it can take months or even years for your musculoskeletal system to adapt!

Did you know that your diet can affect your risk for bone stress injury? If you are not eating enough calories to fuel your body and the exercise that you're doing, it can impair the ability of your bones to repair damage.

Did you know that a bone stress injury is actually a fatigue failure of the bone? Your bone will repair itself if you rest properly between runs.

Are you a runner with a metatarsal stress fracture or bone stress injury? You may qualify for our paid NIH-funded research study.

Women Runner's Bone Stress Injury Study The purpose of this research is to better understand some of the biomechanical and biological risk factors for metatarsal bone stress injury in female runners.

The WPI Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Lab is trying to understand why some runners -- especially women -- get bone stress injuries (stress fractures) in their feet.
We need your help! Are you a local runner? Are you interested in learning more about how running can affect your bones? Fill out our survey and we'll contact you to tell you more about the research study. Compensation is provided! Here's the link: https://redcap.wpi.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=PPLWDYNR9L&_gl=1*job9sq*_ga*MjYxMjc3NzA1LjE2ODExNTMyODU.*_ga_RE35PKQB7J*MTY5MzQ5Mjg2My43Mi4xLjE2OTM0OTI4NjcuNTYuMC4w