Prophylaxis
A metatarsal fracture due to stress can be avoided relatively easily by exercising in a healthy way. Although jogging is suitable as a “fat burner”. However, obese patients are advised to start by reducing their weight and to take advantage of sports that are easy on the joints, such as swimming or cycling.
Competitive athletes should always keep in mind that a metatarsal fracture means the end of the training season and that chronic consequential damage may occur if they are not taken care of. Of course, suitable footwear that distributes the body weight ideally over the entire foot should be worn. Especially competitive athletes sometimes say that they ignore their pain and continue training beyond the pain – sometimes with the help of painkillers. This false ambition becomes noticeable at the latest in old age, when the joints suffer from arthrosis and every step causes pain.
