4. Dropping Something Heavy
Picking up something heavy isn’t the only way in which you can sustain a Jones fracture; there are many people who make it to the emergency room with this type of fracture just by dropping something heavy at an angle that catches the foot in such a way as to crack or break the fifth metatarsal bone. The first symptoms that you are likely to experience due to this kind of fracture include pain at the side of the foot, swelling of the little toe and bruising around the site of the break.
If you have sustained a Jones fracture by dropping anything heavy on your foot, then it’s very likely that you’re going to have a few associated injuries or bruises around the fracture site, too, depending on just how the injury happened. X-rays are one of the most important steps for knowing the extent of an injury – and what might be injured together with it.