Have you ever fractured a metatarsal?

[JRCT]

I think I have. I ran a marathon at the weekend and my 2nd/ 3rd metatarsals are pretty sore.

I'm wondering if it's something I need to go to the docs for or whether it's the kind of injury, like suspected cracked ribs and broken toes, that regardless of whether they're actually broken or just severely bruised, the treatment is the same.

[TheFaQQer]

I always thought that metatarsals meant "we got together at MFs house"

[SueEllen]

I think I have. I ran a marathon at the weekend and my 2nd/ 3rd metatarsals are pretty sore..

Doesn't mean you cracked them but worth going to the doctor who will send you to have it x-rayed.

Normally I leave it 2 weeks before going to the doctor but one time I did that I was told off by a GP as it was a suspected broken ankle.

Next time cut out the middle man - by on the day or next day going straight to A&E saying you heard a crack then they will x-ray it for you. Now as it's days later you have to go to the GP first.

[OwlHoot]

I can never remember where the metatarsal is. Would it be somewhere round the wrist?

[mudskipper]

I can never remember where the metatarsal is. Would it be somewhere round the wrist?

Nope, that'd be yer carpals

Carpals - wrist
Tarsals - ankle

Metacarpals - hand
Metatarsals - foot

[JRCT]

Doesn't mean you cracked them but worth going to the doctor who will send you to have it x-rayed.

Normally I leave it 2 weeks before going to the doctor but one time I did that I was told off by a GP as it was a suspected broken ankle.

Next time cut out the middle man - by on the day or next day going straight to A&E saying you heard a crack then they will x-ray it for you. Now as it's days later you have to go to the GP first.

Thanks SueEllen. I think I'll have to go. Though, mainly so that I can tell everyone I ran a marathon with a broken foot. It makes me sound tough.

[mudskipper]

Thanks SueEllen. I think I'll have to go. Though, mainly so that I can tell everyone I ran a marathon with a broken foot. It makes me sound tough.

Could be a stress fracture, which might not show up on x-rays...

[BrilloPad]

You ran a marathon. Fool.

Next time try walking it....

[Batcher]

You ran a marathon. Fool.

Next time try walking it....

Why would anyone do that when there's a perfectly good bus service?

[SueEllen]

You ran a marathon. Fool.

Takes one to know one....