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Message: [QUOTE="jboomer, post: 767264, member: 27524"] I broke a metatarsal once when I stepped into a mudhole carrying a bunch of heavy gear. It broke about 2 inches up my foot from my middle toe. Those bones are smaller around than pencils. Probably the only thing keeping us from breaking them often is they flex slightly when heavy loads are placed on them. I wasn't casted when I broke mine, but I was on crutches for about a month and then had to have a stiff wooden insole placed in my shoes so that bone wouldn't flex when I walked for another 2-3 weeks. [/QUOTE]