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Top of foot pain in bone, center of top of the foot. no impact/trauma. the pain is very mild and i can exercise thought it. i am very active-run, play basketball on hard courts (concrete), etc. im 46. is this possibly some stress fracture?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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Pain: if you can still walk on this it's unlikely to be a stress fracture. Common reasons for foot pain would be an Extensor Tendonitis perhaps some degree of neuritis of the nerve of the top of your foot.

Answered 3/9/2020

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A member asked:

Top of foot pain in bone, center of top of the foot. no impact/trauma. the pain is very mild and i can exercise thought it. i am very active-run, play basketball on hard courts (concrete), etc. im 46. is this possibly some stress fracture?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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