Jones fracture in a runner. Is surgery better?

This episode is a really good example of the confusion that comes from Jones fractures, and this was hosted as a comment on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel on a video that was entitled, “What is a displaced versus a non-displaced fracture?”

The viewer who posted the comment said, 

“My daughter's a D1 athlete in soccer. She fractured her foot on September 1st, so that would have been just over a couple of weeks ago. It was a non-displaced Jones fracture. What does that mean?“

“She's gotten three opinions so far. The first one was surgery that was advised by the school surgeon. The second was conservative therapy, meaning non-surgical treatment by an external surgeon and they also saw a foot doctor.”

When a runner has a Jones fracture, is it better to have surgery to fix the broken bone? 

Well, that is a great question and that is what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.