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 ...

It is another blow to head coach Vincent Kompany after injuries to defenders Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano.

Bayern Munich's defensive injury crisis deepened on Sunday as the Bundesliga leaders announced Hiroki Ito had fractured his ...

We also found consensus in the literature and experts that operative treatment of Jones and stress fractures of the proximal fifth metatarsal will lead to a higher healing rate and faster time to ...

Bayern Munich defender Hiroki Ito suffered a broken metatarsal bone in his right foot for the second time in less than a year ...

Many of these metatarsal fractures are because of stress or over-use ... When beginning training, I always advise a gradual start over the first 6-12 months and then slowly build this up. Fearn: It ...

Metatarsal injuries are common in athletes and usually occur as a result of a direct blow to the foot or as stress fractures.

Stress fractures were first described in 1855 by a Prussian ... fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly and often are treated with surgery.