The base of the first metatarsal is called an avulsion fracture, a dancer’s fracture or a tennis fracture and is usually treated without surgery taking 1-2 months to heal wearing a boot.

It's usually caused by another issue affecting the five metatarsal bones in your foot ... rule out other causes of your pain, such as a fracture. A bone scan can also help them pinpoint ...

Normal alignment of metatarsal bones and tarsometatarsal joint was maintained ... indicated by stress x ray imaging under lumbar anaesthesia. Just below the fracture lesion, a 2.5 cm skin incision was ...

Higgins: It's a phenomenon of modern sport and has been increasing over the last 15 years. Many of these metatarsal fractures are because of stress or over-use. There have always been stress fractures ...

The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be extremely painful and problematic for those involved in repetitive motion injuries such as running. A Jones fracture is a fracture of ...