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Healing of non-union Stress Fracture with FASTT PatchA young triathlete presented to my office on Nov. 15, 2001 for a prolonged right shin stress
fracture. He originally noticed the onset of pain in the shin in August of 2001, which was diagnosed
by his physician as a stress fracture. The patient was treated with a cast from the last week of Sept.,
for four weeks. After the cast was removed, a bone scan was done which showed an area of hot spots
on the technetium scan, which coincided with his perception of the site of pain in the lower shin.
At this point, the pain in the upper shin, which had been present before the application of the
cast, has disappeared. One month later, the patient was still experiencing pain in the lower shin with
the perception of irregular swelling along the shin bone in that area. There was no externally visible
skin sigh other than that. The patient had not been able to exercise on his doctor¡¯s orders through the
end of the year.
The FASTT Patch was applied to the lower shin over the area of symptomatic pain and
discontinued the following day. The second patch was applied on the third day and left to stand for
three more days until it was taken off on Thanksgiving, Nov. 22, 2001. At this point, the patient had
no more pain. This had been a pain that had been persistent for three months.
On examination in my office today, Nov. 26, 2001, there is no tenderness or swelling in the
area of prior injury and the patient declares there is no pain. The patient¡¯s impression was very
positive; he felt that it had definitely helped him, and he would be motivated to treat future injuries
with the FASTT Patch.
James S. Guetzkow, MD,
Family Practice, Los Gatos, CA