It's usually caused by another issue affecting the five metatarsal bones in your foot. Metatarsalgia can cause all types of sensations in your foot, ranging from sharp and shooting to aching and ...

This week we are going to discuss the foot, more specifically the fifth metatarsal or the long bone attaching to the pinky toe. The fifth metatarsal has several areas of injury which can be ...

During what appeared to be a routine training exercise, He Yupeng experienced a sudden twist of his left foot that resulted in a comminuted fracture of the base of the fifth metatarsal. This type of ...

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 ...

On March 12, the Guoan team faced a devastating blow during training when He Yupeng, a promising player, twisted his left foot during a confrontation. An examination revealed a serious injury: a ...

Lapiplasty, by the way, is a surgery that corrects the root cause of bunions, those often painful bumps on the side of feet ...

A better tool is made from the bones of the caribou itself. In the following series of photographs, Mr. John Shae makes a hide scraper from a caribou metatarsal (lower leg bone). Warning: the pictures ...