Fifth Metatarsal Fracture 23 wks later

In a quick look on the internet, I found two different definitions for a dancer's fracture. One was an avulsion fracture at the base of the metatarsal, in the middle of the foot. The other definition was a spiral fracture around the head of the metatarsal, just behind the toe. Where was your fracture? Are you having pain at the site of the fracture, or somewhere else. Tingling is a thing that does not usually happen with bone injury. Has the tingling been there since the injury?

 

thanks for your response.
i have a spiral fracture - but it's closer to the mid shaft than to the toe. pain is pretty bad today.
i'm going for a ct scan next week so the doctor hopefully will have more information.
he can't explain why i still have pain.
took an x-ray a couple of days ago and still shows the fracture. almost 5 months in. i did have some intermittent numbness in the foot before the fracture too.

thanks again.

 

I have pain on the side of the foot, at the toe and back n the bottom of the foot - all close to the 5th metatarsal. Thx

 

Fifth met fractures are hard to heal when weight bearing. Motion at the fracture site will delay healing and can lead to mal union or non union of the fracture fragments and this is what you are looking for with the CT. Mal unions will tend to be painful at the location of the fracture.