Word: hindfoot
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...Victoria has a stress fracture of the cuboid-the squarish bone on the outside of the hindfoot. These fractures are not common but I've seen a few in dancers and gymnasts. Stress fractures are tiny cracks in bone that seem to occur simply because the substance of the bone itself can't take the stress that's being applied-pretty much the way a paper clip you keep bending back and forth will weaken and turn whitish at the bend before it breaks in two. That white spot is a stress fracture of the metal. Bend...
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