So three weeks ago today I broke my foot snowboarding. Didn't know much at first, just that it hurt, but I did feel something snapping or breaking when I fell. I boarded down to the lift and then walked about a half mile or more back to the lodge. After six hours I couldn't walk, so I went to a tiny little hospital in West Virginia and got an x-ray. The doctor saw nothing, but the radiologist the following morning said I had a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metatarsal. When I asked where I got a "honey, where does it hurt?" in the most country twang imaginable. I got the x-rays on CD but saw nothing. Of course, I'm not a doctor, but I can look at x-rays online and see breaks just the same as anybody else.
One week after that, I visited my doctor, who referred me to a podiatrist. More x-rays were taken, and the podiatrist (and I) could see the fracture. Pretty minor as far as I can tell, but in an area with poor blood supply so healing takes longer.I know there were some threads on here a while back about these things (and I also know the insanity of asking any sort of medical questions on GD), but I thought I'd try.
Basically, I am completely confused as to the pain involved. Jones fractures (assuming that's what it is) are supposed to have pain where the fracture is. I (and the podiatrist) can pretty much squeeze the hell out of the fractured bone all day long, but it hurts like hell in another spot. Here's an image:
The blue circle is where the actual break is (not my x-ray, but very close), while the red circle is where pretty much all of the pain is (from the side and bottom of the foot).
Anybody had anything like this? Makes no sense to me and the doctor doesn't have an explanation either.