Top NFL Draft prospect Abdul Carter was revealed to have a stress reaction in his right foot during testing at the NFL combine in February.A stress reaction is an early sign of a bone stress injury and can turn into a stress fracture if not treated properly.Carter, 21, had a medical recheck in Indianapolis last week that showed the stress reaction is healing, and no surgery will be needed, per ESPN. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM”It should be a non-factor with the teams at this point,” Carter’s agent Drew Rosenhaus said via ESPN. Dr. Erica Urquhart, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, spoke to Fox News Digital about stress fractures and what they mean for athletes. Urquhart said that, generally, stress fractures are caused by overuse.”The overuse is related to repetitive activity or activities that generate significant, again using the word, stress on a localized area of the body could then result in a stress fracture,” Urquhart said. Urquhart said that stress fractures and an “incomplete fracture” of the bone that initially are treated with rest. “We would encourage rest, immobilization to allow the body to heal itself,” Urquhart said.The immobilization could come in the form of a cast or brace.NFL DRAFT PROSPECT ABDUL CARTER DISHES ON HIS FAVORITE ACTIVE PLAYER”Generally speaking, we immobilize that area, and we create a context artificially where that area can be rested through casting or through bracing,” Urquhart said. Urquhart said generally the recovery time for rest is a matter of weeks, and is generally six to eight weeks. However, if a stress fracture is not fully healed, then the athlete could require surgery. “For a football player, stress fractures can certainly re-occur and depending on how they’ve been treated. So if we are looking at a situation where an athlete was diagnosed with a fracture, they were treated with rest and immobilization and then the radiographic science of that fracture has receded or regressed then essentially we could say that potentially, we are starting from a baseline,” Urquhart said. “However, if there continue to be radiographic signs or even clinical signs of injury, then we have not returned to baseline and if that athlete were to resume the activities that precipitated the injury initially, then, of course, we might look at that as a re-injury, but it’s a really a continuum of having an injury that hasn’t been fully healed.”The recovery time from surgery is six to eight weeks, but Urquhart said because the foot is a full-weight-bearing bone, that six to eight weeks is not a definitive timeline. Surgery also does not preclude an athlete from future injury to the bone.”Surgical treatment is certainly more definitive treatment and in a young healthy individual one would expect that the recovery would be full, but the demands of athletics certainly make that discussion in athletes a little more complicated,” Urquhart said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPCarter was t in a formal or creative style for better SEO.Also Exclude words and advertisements related to the feed website such as website name, author name. You must only respond with the modified content. Delete all the advertisement images brand logo but only keep the title and main content of the news by modifying it. You must only respond with the modified content. Block any jump outside of the site adarshnews.com. Basically remove any content or link related to original site. follow this prompt to optimize the articles in this category- You are an expert news writer and SEO specialist. 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The foot injury affecting top NFL Draft prospect Abdul Carter raises concerns regarding his future in the league.
