Jones Fracure

Hi guys

Has anyone had this before? Doc says it takes about 6 weeks to heal. Would appreciate any similar experience info.

Thnx

Ok, it seems as if u guys (or at least those who viewed the thread so far) don't know what a Jones Fracture is. I didn't know myself until this morning.

It is a fracture of one of the many bones within a persons foot. Specifically the one bone behind the pinky toe way up the foot close to the ankle. At birth this bone is actually two separate bones and as a person grows these two bones fuse together to make one bone. Attached to the back of this bone is a tendon. What happened in my case is that I injured the tendon. The injury then lead to the tendon pulling or ripping the bone apart where it fused together and ultimately its in two pieces again.

Quite painful I can add. So as from tomorrow I will have to wear some "space boot" kind of thing. Apparently its a substitute for a plaster cast. This will be for 6 weeks at least. And if that fails then a steel screw will have to be put in surgically.

MCJ wrote: What happened in my case is that I injured the tendon. The injury then lead to the tendon pulling or ripping the bone apart where it fused together and ultimately its in two pieces again.

you gotta stop kicking people in the head