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Causes

How do fractures of the foot commonly happen?

Bones break when the force applied to them exceeds their strength. In the foot this type of overload happens with falls from a height, from crushing injuries when something falls on the foot, from kicking something, or from catching the foot in something and twisting. Catching the foot in machinery may cause devastating crush injuries. A rare but well recognized type of foot fracture results from fatigue failure. This stress fracture is seen when repetitive loads are excessive.

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