A fifth metatarsal fracture or broken fifth metatarsal requires immediate diagnosis. This is a common foot injury that occurs many times due to a separate injury in the foot that requires the patient ...

This week we are going to discuss the foot, more specifically the fifth metatarsal or the long bone attaching to the pinky toe. The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be extremely ...

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In a continuing series, The Athletic breaks down some of the most common football injuries (no pun intended), giving you the lowdown on what exactly it is and what happens after a player picks it up… ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . TORONTO — Team physicians who treat high-level athletes with fifth metatarsal fractures, ones that are in zone 2 ...

I’ve been running for 40 years. I recently saw a local orthopaedic surgeon for a sudden pain I had on the outside of my left foot. He said I have a fracture of the proximal fifth metatarsal bone and I ...

Background There is little information about Metatarsal Five (MT-5) fractures for specific sports. Objective To study the occurrence, the imaging characteristics, the lay-off times and healing ...

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...

Fractures of the fifth metatarsal, in the foot, are common. But doctors treat them in a variety of ways. By Gina Kolata A recent essay in The New England Journal of Medicine was titled “Heart and Sole ...

On the bright side, Obi Toppin will have plenty of time to get over the strained hamstring that already had him on the sidelines. Toppin has "a partial stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal in his ...

Portland Trail Blazers guard Blake Wesley injured his right foot during Friday night’s game vs. Denver. Imaging conducted revealed a fracture to the fifth metatarsal base. A timeline for return to ...

In a concerning incident during the first innings of the Manchester Test, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant suffered a severe blow to his right foot from a delivery by England pacer Chris ...