Jones Fracture

I would highly recommend getting the surgery. I am a college soccer player and had the jones fracture in a spring practice last april. I spent a month in a cast and when I got home for the summer I saw my sports ortho and he took a new x-ray. When he placed the new x-ray up I remember saying "oh that is my first x-ray." WRONG!! It didn't heal a bit. I was thinking I was going to get ready to train for the fall season. He highly advised surgery if I wanted to play in the fall. The surgery is very simple. It is out-patent and I think only last about 45 minutes from what he told me. I had a s***w placed in and my ortho took a bone graph from my heel to patch fresh bone tissue around the break to speed things up. Pain killers and complete couch or bed ridden for about a week and then go back in for new x-rays and to get the stitches out. I remember slight burning for maybe the first 48 hours after the surgery but if you keep up on the meds it didn't hurt much at all. I don't think I even finished the painkillers after the a few days. I was placed in a walking boot but definitely still on crutches for about 3 weeks and then I could do light walking for another 4-5 weeks. I got the surgery in late May and I was light running the end of July and full training by mid-August so yes i highly recommend it.

Got my first jones fracture in September 2009 while i was playing some soccer with a couple buddies. i guess I had just cut too hard and the pressure got to me and boom, i was down for the count. I did decide to have surgery and have the screw put into my foot seeing as how it seemed like the bets option. after about 8 weeks of cast and crutches I had made enough progress to be able to begin walking again. I thought that I had recovered pretty well and I had. Well come February i was back in school and beginning to play sports again. Just as I was starting to get back into things I got another jones fracture, however this time it occurred on my other foot, same bone, same fracture. Vunderfal! Well I didn't go for surgery this time around just because my doc said it would be alright healing on its own. And so I submitted and had myself another fun 10 weeks with cast and crutches. When i revisited my doctor in April progress had been made and everything looked good. We kept tabs on both of my feet to make see how the healing was going. There were remnants of the fracture in each but everything looked to be in order and the boens were looking pretty good. I began walking again and me and the doc decided the next best step would be to take the screw out of my foot because the bone seemed to be healing quite nicely and keeping the screw in my foot could lead to significant problems. Well I did, i had my surgery about 2 weeks ago, the screw was taken out and I was well on my way to a happy happy summer. 2 weeks after my surgery, devastation. Everything looked to be in order but i don't know what happened. I was jogging to catch up to a bus and crack, boom, pow. Immediately I knew it had re fractured it. And so i go back to the docs office only to find out that it had indeed re fractured and I would have to go through the same process for a 3rd time. is it bad luck? or do I have bad bones? Not a clue, but this jones fracture is nothing to play with and I've grown real tired of it.

i am 16 years old and have a jones fracture as of last monday football starts in two weeks what is the quiickest fix?

I too have a jones fracture, mine is on my right foot. To top it all off this is the second time ive had this injury in less then a year. first time i heard the crack while i was hunting, just about 4 weeks before i was to finish my paper work for the army. It took about 11 weeks in the cast to heal so they said, but now less then a year later seince the inital break it is once again broke in the exact same place. This time the put a scr*w in and they say it should take less time to heal. Is this true form anyones experince?

I was chasing someone on 9-11-2010 and got my Jones Fracture in return. My fracture is 5 weeks old and I have been in a groovy Frankenstein shoe, non-weight bearing walking with crutches. I go back to the orthopedic specialist on 10-25-2010 and I'm praying I can come off these crutches. With 5 weeks under my belt, I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing an intermittent, sharp, burning pain at the break. It seems like it shouldn't hurt like that after this long.

I'm on week 16 of non healing Jones Fracture. I had surgery two weeks ago and I'm praying that week 6 check up shows signs of healing. Housebound and trying to make the best of it. I dream I'm running in grass...sometimes I get depressed and I'm losing weight too but hoping the surgery speeds things up. First 12 weeks I was seeing a podiatrist who put me in an airboot. I was told I could sleep without it and my foot fell forward and now has to be straightened with cast changes. Went to foot and ankle surgeon who advised I needed stabilization with a cast and offered bone stimulator or surgery. I chose surgery because I couldn't stand the thought of trying the bone stimulator for a month with little or no healing. Just had stitches out and doing ok. Best of luck to everyone and I hope we are all walking soon.

Hi (guest 11/05/10 01:02), I'm a podiatrist practicing in NYC. I see many people with Jones fractures. It's one of the most common things I get called for in the ER. I think that you were mistreated with 12 weeks in an aircast (airboot). You should have been immobilized more with a cam walker (boot that looks like a ski boot) or a cast. The cam walker is much better in that you can take it off to sleep/shower. The foot 'falling forward' really doesn't make sense to me. you may just be guarding because one of the tendons inserts on the fractured bone. I usually offer surgery to my non-healing fractures after about 8 weeks. An alternative to surgery is the bone stimulator, but I do caution patients that it will take up to three months of using it, and surgery *still* may be necessary. In my 10 years of experience every patient that I operated on for Jones fractures have done well. I put a screw from the base of the metatarsal bone distal and down the shaft to compress the fracture. I then put them in a cam walker for 4-8 weeks depending on symptoms and x-rays. I'm a big believer in letting these patients walk in the cam walker to stimulate bone growth and healing. If you're non-weight bearing you get atrophy - "use it or lose it". This is not to say there is anything wrong with non-weight bearing, just my preference. Hope you do well with your recovery. Dr. Lawrence Silverberg - ***edited by moderator*** web addresses not allowed

I was diagnosed with a Jones Fracture July 26. I originally went to my family physician because I thought maybe I had a stress fracture. He put me in a boot cast with crutches for 8 weeks, non-weight bearing. Then for the next 4 weeks I was able to walk with the boot. On my appointment after 12 weeks, my Dr. was out of town for a family emergency, and I saw the PA. Well, the office could not locate any of my previous X-Rays, so the PA could not tell me if my fracture was improving or not by comparison. It was then that I made an appointment with my Orthopedic Dr. I should have done this after 8 weeks, but I was hopeful my fracture was healing. Two more week until I could see the Orthopedic Dr. When I arrived at my appointment, miraculously, all the X-rays from my family physician were there. He recommended surgery like Dr. Silver, from above post, does. I had surgery, Nov. 18. They put in a screw down the shaft to compress the fracture. No weight bearing for the past 4 weeks. Today I begin walking on it and will return in 3 weeks with the hope I can begin wearing a shoe then. I am also using the bone stimulator. Still fighting with the insurance company to cover the cost as it is very expensive. I have been watching the posts on this sight since I was diagnosed. Wish I would have had surgery sooner. Good Luck to everyone! All I want for Christmas is to wear "two shoes".

i broke my foot in the begining of august, my soccer coach told me to keep playing on it. I went to my physical therapist where they did an ultra sound, which resulted in terrible pain. He sent me to the orthepedic dr, they took an x ray and MRI but nothing showed up, he put me in a boot for six weeks weight bearing, after six weeks i went back with the same pain. They took another x ray and still nothing showed up, then again he put me in a boot for antoher 4 weeks. After the four weeks he said that nothing was wrong with me so i went to another dr. He casted me for 4 weeks. After the four weeks he took another xray and saw that i had a jones fracture in three different places, he then put me in another cast and crutches for 6 more weeks. I went back after the six weeks, he took the cast off and put me back in my boot. I got one PRP injection in the bone and after 3 weeks it had not helped at all. I went back to see the orthipedic yesterday and i will be haveing a Rod put in at the end of this week. He told me since it has been so long since i broke it recovery time for me will be 5-8 months.... hopefully he is wrong

It has been 8 weeks since I sustained my Jones fracture.  I have been in a non-weight bearing fiberglass cast this whole time (well, having it replaced twice).  Since it has been so long and my foot is showing no signs of healing the doctor has recommended the surgery to which I have accepted and am now scheduled to go in later this morning for. I must admit I am a bit nervous.  Not only am I nervous about the surgery itself, but of the aftercare as well. The doctor says I will go home with a splint and then come back in 10 days where I will receive a non-weight bearing boot.  The thought of the pain is scary as well and I pray that it won't last too long.

Although I admit that it will be nice to later on be able to take off the boot for showers. However, I am more worried about it healing properly and not messing up my surgery.  I have the hardest time on the crutches.  I sometimes accidently trip and land on that foot. I did recently purchase a knee scooter (walker) and that has helped a lot since I am so horrible on the crutches. 

For those of you who had the surgery, how long did you remain in pain afterwards? And what time of medication did you take to cope with this?  Did you have to have physcial therapy? And what is involved with physical therapy? 

Who knew that just walking one day and with a small twist of the foot could lead to all this? It's crazy!

 

 

i had this procedure done on march 12 2012. Since then i have been on crutches and was told i would be on crutches until June 7th. The doctor suggested walking on my heel but i don't know if that would mess up my healing process. The pain after surgery wasn't too bad the doctor proscribed me oxycodone and stayed in bed for 2 weeks. At my post-op i was taken off my splint and put into a boot. Since i'm still in crutches i can tell you much about physical therapy.

How did your surgery?

Yes to law suits! No reason for self accountability it was not your fault they made concrete uneven on purpose!

I got my jones fracture on my left foot on Feb. 9, 2011, when I slipped off the curb in the snow.  GP just put in a boot and told me 6-8 weeks no problem.  Two weeks later I kicked the bedpost and went back in for an x-ray.  No healing so the GP sent me to an orthopod.  He immediately scheduled me for surgery for a screw.  2 weeks of non weight bearing in a boot.  I was finally fully released in late June.  I went back in December due to pain.  Doctor said the screw needed to come out, so two days before Christmas, the screw came out.  I was fully released again in March.  I went back last week, for my 6 month check up and found out that the bone has "died" and become non unioned.  I now am scheduled for a bone graft and plate here in a month or so.  It has been terribly frustrating.  All I can tell people is to take it easy, and don't do things too fast or you will have problems. 

I have had my jones fracture for about 3 weeks just got surgery two days ago... been on a sh*t ton of pain killers, surgery is the worst thing i think i could have done made foot 10* worse now i have a cast and cant walk for sh*t. Jones fractures blow !

HI guys,

I am 22 I have had a jones fracture 4 times in the last 2 years. Yes thats once every 6 months. I am a pretty high level soccer player and we train every day. Each time i broke my 5th metatarsal (twice on the left and twice on the right) playing in a game. My first time I thought it was a fluke accident because I have never really been injured before. The second time my doctor suggested orthotics. I was given very wide orthotics for my wide feet that put pressure on the inside of my feet away from the 5th metatarsal. Problem is they dont fit into any of my soccer shoes. The third time I broke it I had surgery and they put a pin in my left foot. No again Nov 2012 I fractured the right one. Im going to get a pin in my right foot and hopefully no more fractures.

Its difficult to compete because as soon as I am healed my leg and muscle mass is weakened and takes a while to get to full strength. I was hoping to get some ideas from people to help PREVENT jones fractures other than orthotics, surgery, and vitamin D/calcium supplements.

 

Thanks