4. Pain
Most often when you break a bone you will recognize right away due to the waves of pain the injury elicits. Every so often, a fractured bone will merely present with mild discomfort. Generally, when a bone is broken, there will be some form of pain involved. Severe breaks will cause intense pain that makes moving the injured area almost impossible.
If a broken bone doesn’t break the skin, and the pain level is moderate to mild, it may be hard to understand that medical attention may be needed. Severe pain can be triggered when pressure is placed on the injured area.
With stress fracture injuries, chronic pain that comes and goes is common. Pain from stress fractures can also increase in severity if the break is not treated. Often, a person who suffers a stress fracture may continue to work or play through the pain not realizing that the bone has been broken.