When is surgery better for metatarsal fracture in a runner?

No treatment is best for every runner. Not even metatarsal fracture surgery.  Your task as an injured runner who wants to run is to figure why a treatment is right for you…or not right for you…even if it gets recommended by a doctor or surgeon.  When a comes to surgery to fix metatarsal fracture in your foot there a few considerations runners need to think about.  Risk of NOT healing with or without surgery. Risks of surgery themselves and risks related specifically to your running goals.  Today on the Doc on the Run Podcast, we're talking about when surgery is better for a metatarsal fracture in a runner.