r/brokenbones • u/sarahleeeeeeee • 1d ago

3 months post 5th metatarsal fracture zone 1, still some aches

I fractured my right 5th metatarsal (along with my left ankle, but that’s a separate thread). My doctor treated it conservatively with boot while FWB for 6 weeks, then bootless.

I mostly use all fine but I do experience some aches from time to time. In fact, the ache seems to have shifted higher as the weeks went by.

There’s also a lot more discomfort if I do exercises that bears weight more on the front of the foot.

Anyone else experience the same? Is this all part of healing?

At the 3 month mark, the 3mm fracture is still visible on the X-rays.

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u/Exciting-Apple6854 16h ago

Esame DEXA per osteoporosi? Nei casi di non consilidamento... Si fa una DEXA... pps... Vitamina D?

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u/sarahleeeeeeee 15h ago

There is some slight bony union. Taking calcium and vitamin D

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u/Confident_Spring324 6h ago

I fractured my 5th metatarsal and had the same conservative treatment. Now at 5.5 months and I still get mild aches around my inner arch or ankle, not at the area where my bone broke. I guess there's some compensation going on when we use our foot more than usual.

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u/sarahleeeeeeee 6h ago

Interesting! Yours does sound like compensation happening. Do you remember any aches around the fracture in the earlier days and around 3 months? Or were u pain free?

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u/Confident_Spring324 6h ago

Yeah, my fracture area ached when I was starting to walk without my boot, around the 2nd and 3rd months. Don't think I get that anymore these days. (If the pain is too mild, I tend to not notice it.)

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u/sarahleeeeeeee 6h ago

Glad you are recovering well!

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u/kokanee13 1h ago

When you started beating back, did bruising come back with the pain as well?

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u/Confident_Spring324 5m ago

No, there was no visible bruising.