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Multiple Metatarsal Fracture, Health Channel

Dr. Derek Papp, Sports Medicine Physician with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains the metatarsals are the bones inside of the foot and they are prone to an overuse injury, because players will get kind of a stress fracture that develops over time and then eventually it goes on to break.

He also says there are different types, you can break at the base of the bones or at the top.

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