Is a stress fracture of the calcaneus or heel bone due to the impact loads from heel striking or from the shear stress through the bone from the pull of the Achilles tendon? If I was to ask this question on a barefoot or minimalist forum, what answer do you think I would get? Of course, it will be a resounding ‘heel striking’! How do they know that
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Calcaneal stress fracture – forefoot or rearfoot strikers?
