If a bone is broken, typically there is pain. A point where a stress fracture occurs often does not hurt before the time the bone breaks, but hurts afterward. Some people have stood and walked when they've had a small stress fracture in the feet. As bone heals and lays in new bone in the broken area, there is often mild to moderate pain as healing takes place. An area that was broken in the past may ache and hurt for years after the bone has healed.
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