During a rough game of football, your shin gradually starts to ache more and more, until you almost canāt bear to put weight on it. Though you donāt recall a specific moment where your leg snapped or bent the wrong way, itās starting to hurt terribly and youāre pretty sure itās broken.
But do you really need to visit a doctor? Do small fractures heal on their own? Hereās what you should know about leaving a fracture untreated and why itās always a good idea to get it checked out.