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A "Foot Fracture" is a break of one of the bones in your
feet. Some fractures are small hairline breaks in the bone
caused by repetitive stresses. Other fractures are more
traumatic and usually caused by an accident like dropping
something very heavy on your foot. Excluding the bones
of the toes, there are 12 bones in the foot that are
susceptible to fractures.
Most hairline stress fractures in the
foot will have some pain from a dull ache to a noticeable
knife like jabbing pain. In the less severe cases, the
stress fracture may go undiagnosed for just general foot
pain. When one or more of the bones in your foot are
broken from a more severe accident you will not be able to
put weight on the foot.
An X-Ray may be needed to determine a
foot bone fracture. You may have to compare one foot against
the other to really tell a difference.
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