Nutrition Management of Bone Stress Injuries

By the summer of 2017, I had been a dietitian for five years, had attended university (nutrition studies) for nine years, had accumulated two degrees, and was halfway through a diploma in sports nutrition. At the time, I had transitioned into working as a dietitian in sports. I was then presented with an athlete with a bone stress fracture—something I had neither heard of nor been exposed to managing as a dietitian. Thus, this blog is for:

• Those experiencing a stress fracture and wanting to learn the role of nutrition in its cause, management, and/or prevention.

• Dietitians who were never formally taught about what a stress fracture is and/or how to manage one nutritionally.

If you haven’t read my article on bones, check it out here. For the rest of this blog, I’ll focus on:

• What are bone stress reactions and fractures, collectively known as bone stress injuries?

• Who is at risk and why?

• What are low- and high-risk bone stress injury sites?

• What is nutrition’s role in prevention and treatment of bone stress injuries?

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