- TOE AMPUTATION - METATARSAL FRACTURE FIXATION- LOWER LIMB INJURY

The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Sunday that Kevin Durant has suffered what is called a Jones fracture in his right foot. The injury usually requires surgery and the reigning MVP forward could miss 6-8 weeks of time with the injury. Thunder GM Sam Kevin Durant fractured his right foot on Saturday and will miss 6-8 weeks. Here’s what you need to know about last season’s league MVP’s injury. Oklahoma City General manager Sam Presti said in a statement Sunday that Durant informed the team of OKLAHOMA CITY – Kevin Durant, the NBA's leading scorer of this decade and the reigning MVP, will likely miss the first six to eight weeks of the season after fracturing a bone in his right foot. The Oklahoma City star forward complained of an ache in his MIAMI (AP) — Justin Bieber claimed after a shaky sobriety test in Florida that he was suffering from a hairline fracture in his right foot and made condescending comments to officers, according to a Miami Beach police document released Tuesday. OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant has a fracture in his right foot and will likely miss at least the first month of the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced Sunday. The team says Durant has a "Jones fracture," a broken bone at the base of the small toe. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant has a fractured foot and the NBA's MVP seems likely to be sidelined for at least the start of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday said Durant informed the team of ''discomfort'' in his right foot after .

Certain common foot fractures heal faster when treated with soft casts Speedier return to activity saves time and money Treating a common foot fracture with cloth padding and elastic bandages rather than a hard fiberglass cast will significantly speed the The Oklahoma City Thunder announced on Sunday that NBA star Kevin Durant has a fracture in his right foot. He is expected to be benched for the next six to eight weeks. That means Durant will likely be unable to play for at least the first month of the NBA Approximately 10% of all fractures occur in the 26 bones of the foot. These bones comprise 2 bones in the hindfoot (calcaneus, talus), 5 bones in the midfoot (navicular, cuboid, 3 cuneiforms), and 19 bones in the forefoot (5 metatarsals, 14 phalanges). Stress fractures of the heel often occur after beginning a new activity or increasing training time. Photo Credit foot image by Ingrid Walter from Fotolia.com Fractures, which are breaks in a bone, are common in the heel bone, or calcaneus. The largest .

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- TOE AMPUTATION - METATARSAL FRACTURE FIXATION- LOWER LIMB INJURY


another old fracture neck of femur (Right)