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Your foot has five long bones called metatarsals, numbered from one to five. These bones connect your foot's middle part to your toes. They can break from accidents like a heavy object falling on your foot, twisting it, or even overusing it during activities like running.
1 Μαρ 2024 · A broken foot bone might cause some of these symptoms: Instant throbbing pain. Pain that gets worse with activity and gets better with rest. Swelling. Bruising. Tenderness. Change in the typical shape of the foot, called deformity. Trouble or pain with walking or putting weight on the foot. Bone sticking through the skin, called an open fracture.
The most common problems affecting the foot and ankle bones are fractures (breaks in the bone), abnormal positioning (e.g. flat feet) and excessive bone growth (e.g. bunions and bone spurs). Here, you can find out all about the different foot and ankle bones.
Foot fractures account for about one-third of lower extremity fractures in adults. They are typically caused by a crush injury or an axial or twisting force on the foot.
19 Δεκ 2023 · Two small round bones at the base of your big toe (sesamoids). Middle bones of your foot (metatarsals). Bones at the back of your foot, including your heel bone (calcaneus). Foot fractures are common injuries. You can easily damage the bones in your feet because they’re small.
5 Ιουν 2016 · The patterns of foot fractures vary, depending on the direction of the force that acted on the foot and the position of the foot at the time of injury. Fractures of the anterior part of the calcaneus usually involve avulsion and depression of the anterior process, with avulsion being the most common fracture of the anterior process.
Fractures of the foot include toe fractures and fractures of the middle bones of the foot (metatarsal fractures), the two small round bones at the base of the big toe (sesamoid fractures), or the bones at the back of the foot, including fractures of the heel bone (calcaneus).
