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Mar 1, 2024 · A broken foot, also called a fractured foot, is an injury to one or more bones in the foot. A bone might break from a sports injury, a car crash, a heavy object dropped on the foot, or a misstep or fall.
Repeated stress can lead to small cracks in the bones of your feet, called stress fractures. In this post, we discuss who is most likely to experience this type of fracture and signs that you may have one.
Oct 14, 2023 · If you feel immediate, throbbing pain deep in your foot or coming from the bone, your foot could be broken. If you only have pain coming from the softer tissue in your foot, not the bone, your foot might actually be sprained and not broken.
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Dec 19, 2023 · Foot fractures are common injuries. You can easily damage the bones in your feet because they’re small. Sports injuries, accidents and falls can all lead to a broken foot. You can also break a bone through overuse or repetitive stress on your foot (stress fracture).
Dec 4, 2023 · Bruising: A fractured foot often sports a bluish or purplish bruise, caused by blood leaking from the fractured bone into the surrounding tissues. Tenderness: The area around the severe breaks or an impact injury may be extremely sensitive to touch or pressure. Deformity: In severe cases, the foot may appear deformed or out of alignment.
Mar 1, 2024 · Most often, a broken bone must be kept from moving so that it can heal. This is called immobilization. Most often, a cast holds the foot in place. Minor foot fractures may need only a brace you can take off, or a boot or shoe with a stiff sole.
Jun 28, 2021 · With some fractures, the surgeon can restore the alignment of the fractured bone without a large incision. In this method, the fracture is fixed with appropriate implants through one or more small incisions. This is called a percutaneous fracture fixation.
