In a continuing series, The Athletic breaks down some of the most common football injuries (no pun intended), giving you the lowdown on what exactly it is and what happens after a player picks it ...

Metatarsal fractures usually heal well. The first metatarsal (the one attached to the big toe) sometimes requires a cast or surgery and a prolonged period on crutches, but the middle 3 metatarsals ...

mc.duke.edu Background: Stress fractures of the second metatarsal are common injuries in athletes and military recruits. There are two distinct areas in the second metatarsal where stress fractures ...

Impact (eg: someone stamping on your foot) and twisting can also result in fractures ... 17 weeks later Wayne Rooney (2004): Fifth metatarsal - predicted 8 weeks returned 14 weeks later David Beckham ...

Reports of isolated avulsion fracture at the planter lateral base of the first metatarsal without injury of the tarsometatarsal joint are very rare. A 24 year old man sustained an avulsion fracture at ...

There are fears that Yoro could be out for around two months and miss the start of the season if it is a fractured metatarsal ... United have been pursuing a second centre-back signing this ...

Lisandro Martinez will have surgery on his right metatarsal and miss the rest of Manchester United’s season after suffering the foot injury during the Europa League quarter-final first leg with ...

If you fracture the fifth metatarsal bone in your foot ... Immobilizing your foot. The first step in treatment is often taking pressure off your foot to give it a chance to heal on its own.

Long-axis T2-weighted fat-suppressed images from MRI of the right foot performed 3 months before admission (Panels C and D) show a new nondisplaced fracture of the distal second metatarsal (Panel ...

Scans have since revealed United’s worst fears with Yoro having suffered a broken metatarsal that could sideline him for the first two months of the new season and increase the pressure on the ...

Impact (eg: someone stamping on your foot) and twisting can also result in fractures ... 17 weeks later Wayne Rooney (2004): Fifth metatarsal - predicted 8 weeks returned 14 weeks later David Beckham ...

Manchester United's new £59million signing Leny Yoro faces a lengthy lay-off amid fears he may have fractured a metatarsal ... United have been pursuing a second centre-back signing this summer ...