Pain in foot after stress fracture

Back in July, 2008 I received a stress fracture on the distal end of the third metatarsal of my right foot. I have had pain on the top of my foot, mid-way between the toes and the ankle, ever since. The last x-ray shows that the fracture line has healed and is barely evident. The x-ray report states there is a mild deformity and there has been some thickening of the bone. The doctor is not sure why I am still having the pain. Any ideas or thoughts?

Hi,
I have no idea why you would still be having pain, but if you were my patient I would order an MRI to look for additional pathology that the x-ray does not show. The pain may be nothing more than the result of walking differently on the foot while the fracture site was healing. This leads to referred pain.
If the doctor does not want to order an MRI, you could try some anti-inflammatory medication (assuming you can tolerate it) and some physical therapy.
Marc Mitnick DPM