Got up from couch last night put foot down on the grown Heard a large crack and collapsed faceplanted the carpet. Out of the blue? Reckon its from repetitive use and force.. Anyone had a similar problems Its right on the board strapline.
What was the recovery time?

Not sure
Probably best to ask a weak as cant

Nice jacket

Too much dancing at Mardi Gras ?
knock those high heels on the head

Perfect timing busta

To easy cauncy Ill take that into consideration. do you have any tips on
scrapbooking and floral arrangements. Its ok I went over theDoctors mums house for an hour consultation and she said 9 weeks.

Did one in right foot years ago kicking a dog in a fight with my dog. (long story) Took about 6 weeks feeling really sore and felt like it was flexing. Did it again shortly after flat landing kite board. Took about the same time. Saw a Dr after 2nd time and said not much treatment other than a moon boot so just took it easy on it.

Think I did a minor stress fracture to left foot a few weeks ago stepping off a surfboard on a sandbar. No where near as bad but can definitely feel it getting out of car etc after sitting down for extended time. PITA.

Six to nine weeks is nothing when you look back on it.
The moon boot will support it while you walk around acclimatising to the pain. Which you will get use to after a few weeks, till it feels normal, which it will, even if you go moon bootless.
At which point you go back to acting normal
Then you hurt it again.
But it doesn't feel as bad as the first time
So you suck it up
And then the ache even begins to feel normal again.
Then you hurt it again.
And you man up,
Cause you've done this before
But by this time,
A year or so has past
And it still aches,
But doesn't "hurt"

The missus sends you to theDoctor, cause she's sick of you complaining about it every time she asks you to do something.
And theDoctor, being the sauve, sexy and charismatic character that he is..... whose also seen your missus in the nude.
Tells you that you have avascular nerosis and he can't wait to refer you to someone whose gonna jump at the chance to cut the dead bone outta your foot, purely for bragging rights amongst his weird as fark saw bones mates.
All the while, you're sitting there, wishing you'd just sat on your ass for six to nine weeks and let it heal, rather than trying to be some dumb cant hero whose heroics went unnoticed, cause the whole time you were trying to be a hero you were too busy whinging about your farking sore foot for anyone to take notice....

Wouldn't you know it...
i must be damaged goods as I'm going through a very nasty separation and got the ****s with women in general.
I read that as menstrual foot fracture.
I need to go talk to someone I think.

Kick with your shins mate.

If you have a favourite hippy chick in your circle of mates ask for some advice about comfrey - known long ago as knitbone, apparently.

Go hard or go home! Sounds like you munted your ankle leg at some stage doc. post made us laugh. Pretty much the rundown lol Just forwarding some educational vids of the munt factor The key is if you feel pain in these areas don't ignore it . you must rest before it escalates.

Been asked a lot online. (progression to walking.) ( non displaced fracture recovery. So 4 weeks in the moon boot Strapped as follows 1 tight 2,tight set the angle, tighten 3,4,5 Strap Ensure blood flow with tightness. Expect swelling and allow in the area. Rest is the key. Buy a wheelchair and a play station. or go annoy people on seabreeze. The swelling allows the body to send key minerals to the recovering bone. ( Effusion ?) No antiflamatarys or panikillers as that reduces swelling and increases healing time. Eat healthy and tale calcium tablets no smoking


After 4 weeks in boot do not stand bare foot Lightly strap the foot to still allow blood flow.



longitudinal horizontal strapping strapping


find footwear (chemist CORK I found) that covers the entire profile of your foot. This displaces the load across more surface area. This is a transition between the moon boot and should only be used on FLAT SURFACES inside only. Slow walking over do-I t back into the moon boot .




Mark strap your foot impression in new foot wear Only step under full foot support.

So Next week looking at getting into supported footwear for uneven sufaces. bet support for shoes I have found is a industrial/military type boot. Going to be another 2 month before backj in runner joggers etc.


The foot has 26 bones If your reading this Its should be noted that this may be not a suitable recover option for other people. You must consult your surgeon. It would be also noted that a right foot injuiry will prevent driving even an automatic car. If you have an accident in a car with this injuiry you are uninsured. if you go to work and are unable to wear suitable enclosed footwear (moon boot)your not cover either.long return to work period. 6+ weeks

More of a shock when you visit the hospital see people even childeren in exoskeletons some of those brave people cant even go home. etc Doctors do an amazing job.!. Take care gentlemen stay safe!

Funny you should create this thread BusterWA, I am 2 weeks in from a stress fracture on the same bone.
Weirdly, after the actual incident (landing flat after a big jump coming down too heavy) my foot was just mildly sore for a week and I just manned up and carried on. But then I had to amuse my toddler at the hospital for a morning and thought walking him up and down 10 flights of stairs for an hour was a good idea and that's when the hurting started.

I've been just over a week on crutches and trying not to use it too much, thank god for test cricket.

Starting to feel quite a lot better already, have ditched the crutches but trying not to get too gung-ho about the activity.

Off for more x-rays today.

Will keep milking the injury for all its worth at work for a bit longer :)

Oh yeah and I had it bandaged up with a crepe (?) bandage for a few days, don't really know if that made a difference though, except for sympathy levels haha

bandage does nothing tried to get some time on it this afternoon. Big pain after 4 hours walking slowed down after resting can still feel active pain on fracture.
This injury along with common ankle and knee injuires is going to become a common prominent in older kite surfers windsurfers.. Like a tree , It Grows then the branches become brittle after a few years they snap insted of flex.
Rest up Chirs If you able to strike of the front foot Become a switched foot fighter !
Gona be a heal mid foot striking for rehabilitation no front foot. Basket ball boots mabe . Most running shoes and footwear strike spring of the front foot Dont offer a large support on the arch. .

Yeah I think the bandage is pretty much for show!

Im on crutches to rest it.

And its the 4th metatarsal not the 5th, not sure if that makes a diff. But I reckon I'll be back and kiting in the next couple of weeks(ish)

All the best!

Will do Chris let it let it heal mate .

Did the same last summer (cracked it on the edge of the board coming down from a jump) about 10 weeks to fully heal, probably would have been quicker if I stopped kiting- went ok with the moon boot though (disclaimer, both doctor and physio reckon this was a very bad idea)

Hmmm. Broken metatarsal. I can relate.

In case you're interested, the cost to have a (non-displaced, thank God) 5th metatarsal fracture diagnosed, and moon boot supplied on Maui in 2017 was $USD 653. Minit Medical in Kahului are really good. If it was displaced, i.e if the broken bits of bone aren't back in alignment, it's off to surgery to straighten them out. In which case I suspect the pain of the bill would be more than the pain of the injury. Travel insurance (Covermore- I highly recommend them) covered most of that.

A word of advice- if you're going to break your foot in a footstrap, do it on the last day of your trip, not your second.

6 weeks in the boot, and all back to normal.

Same Mikey 5 weeks out of boot 6th week placing pressure on foot the rest of week learning how to place foot on uneven surfaces. Fracture is good but getting pain in other areas due to non movement of foot being in boot. Difficult to get to sleep with boot on. With a displaced injuiry as you say drill thru the bone and pin it together requires surgery. Its a hugely disabling injury. Got a good doc and HR department so going thru a return to work at the moment. Gona be a common injury in this windsurfing kite surfing community. Great to see you fully recovered. Gota wait for my sick leave to accumulate again before getting in the straps again. Dunno if I could ever go back to flat water Charge aggressively !

Had first kitesurf back after 5 weeks out of water. Like you say BusterWA I was developing pains in other foot, knees etc as a result of compensation, so was a bit worried about how the body was going to hold up.
It was super windy and after a few big jumps had a little break just to check if I could still walk. All felt good so I went back out and smashed it and feel good as gold tonight. I think going out and thrashing myself was just what the doctor ordered

While we're on the topic, the break you don't want is the navicular (a bone in the top of the foot) that has a crap blood supply, and takes ages to heal. Like 3 months plus, more than half of which is in a boot. Yep, footstrap injury. Yep, done on Maui. But last day of a 2016 trip! That one frikkin hurts.

cool Mikey might be jones fracture!? ill do some reasearch on it post a rundown