Fractured 5th metatarsal recovery time??

[sizmicnick]

Hello Everyone just wanted to give update on my injury its 6 weeks post injury 29may2011 had avulsion 5th metatarsal # injury
i saw the specialist on 3may2011 aircast is off im walking. i started to run now on the treadmill and using bike. so far so good. no residual pain noted. the fracuture line is healing and filing in quite well. doctor was surprised at this. currently still taking my caltrate for vitamins needed for recovery and slowly off tumeric as not in pain anymore. this is good news im planning by end of month to get back into my martial arts hurrahh
If you nurse it properly it will heal. complete recovery expected 2 weeks with no functional impairment

[sizmicnick]

Hello everyone just an updated on my injury
i fractured my 5th metatarsal on 29mar2011
following this injury we are almost at 4rth month
i have completely recovered from this injury
and back to my regular workout routine
i am running, and doing martial arts.
the biggest contributing factor to recovery is
to listen to your body and also supplementation of essential vitamins and minerals.
glad i have my life back hurrahh

[BarbaraB]

Week 14 for me and still not healed fully. Putting some weight on it, taking extra vitamins and minerals, massaging and foot spas. Consultant tells me it is getting there just very slowly. Don't know if it has anything to do with where the displaced break was - just below my little toe - or my age or just one of those things. Now having battle with insurance co to get bone stimulator. NICE has approved it , but consultant says that the waiting time would be as long if I could get one at all via the PCT due to the spending restrictions. Ho hum

[jackstyers]

Week 15 for me, I broke mine at the base on right foot, still hurts to walk and got a nice lump of calcification right on the outside edge. Mine was not healing and I have a got a Lipus bone stimulator machine (6 weeks) from Phoenix Healthcare Products Ltd @ £70 which i paid for myself as Ins co would not pay - it was worth it as it has made a difference-I am on the last leg of it as its returned 2/2/12, my physio got it at Spire hospital. I have had a lot of trouble with my foot, I got complex regional pain syndrome which my NHS hospital missed and at 8 weeks I was in agony, it was really hot, swollen, extremely sensitive to touch and I was crying with the pain and losing weight -thankfully insured and got a diagnosis in 3 mins then all hell broke loose as needed to get it under control. Since then meds for 6 months for neuropathic nerve pain, intense physio twice a week and since 1st dec I have been to the pool every day except Bank hols over x mas-the pool is the only thing that helps. I fell twisting my ankle both ways very badly and have struggled initially with the mechanics of getting it going again with the ligaments but they seem ok now but my big toe joint is very painful and pulls all the way up to my ankle when I walk. What seemed a little injury has turned out to be a nightmare and seems to be taking ages to get right and it still hurts and I am limping badly (I only did it 10 days b4 I was du to go to Australia to see my son for 2 months :-( glad I was told not to fly as I have been in so much pain and still can't walk very well) hope this helps