According to the Cleveland Clinic, a Jones fracture is a type of broken bone. The fracture occurs when one breaks their fifth metatarsal — the bone that joins your pinkie toe to the base of your ...

Chao initially feared that Watt's injury could be much more severe, suspecting a left 5th metatarsal Jones fracture, an injury that typically requires about two months of recovery. However ...

such as the "dreaded black line" stress fracture of the tibia/shin and the Jones fracture of the fifth metatarsal, heal poorly and often are treated with surgery. As with most injuries ...