Is it bad to walk on a broken 5th metatarsal?
The nurse is an idiot! If it hurts then you should get a pair of crutches at the drug store if you need them. It’s all about the pain and swelling. If it hurts and its swollen then use the crutches. In our office we give out crutches or a wooden shoe for fifth metatarsal fractures. Once the swelling has gone down we put people in casts for four to six weeks until the bone is healed. Here’s an old trick an old timer taught me. Get a piece of felt about a quarter inch thick and about the size of your foot. Place your foot on the piece of felt and trace your foot on it. Cut out the foot tracing and then right where the fracture in your foot would be on the foot tracing cut out an opening like a donut hole. Then put the foot tracing inside a lace-up shoe and then you can walk on your foot without putting pressure where the bone is broken. As for the little toe fracture just put some cotton in between the fourth toe and fifth toe and tape the two together. In the meantime keep your foot ele
