Navicular Fracture 6 months on

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When a fracture line extends into a joint it generally indicates that the joint cartilage was also damaged, and post-traumatic osteoarthritis and/or joint function compromise of some degree is eventually likely. I cannot say that such is the cause of your present discomfort, but it is one consideration. Disuse osteoporosis is common, and in the absence of other causes, normal bone structure should return on reuse of the part.

 

Thanks for your reply.

I did wonder if it possibly could be post traumatic arthritis as I was told when I broke my foot that I was at risk of it. Is it common for arthritis to set in so quickly after an injury? Some days I feel like my bones are grinding and clicking which really is not nice!!

I am being referred back to my consultant but I am waiting for an appointment... I am however seeing a private physiotherapist on Wednesday to see what she thinks.

 

Hiya,

I just wanted to say that I went to visit the physiotherapist today and she examined my foot and said that no level of physiotherapy is going to help my foot and that all of the pain is located at the fracture site and needs investigating by a variety of scans.