question: On 1st July 2011 I had a spiral fracture to my 5th metatarsal they waited 4 months insisting it will grow as I am a healthy 30 year old non smoker, non diabetic, highly active female. Deciding on surgery they discovered a muscle stuck in the brake which they removed and pinned the fracture with a plate. Once anesthetic had worn off I was in acute pain, with nerve shocks firing through my foot. 3 months on following the prescriptions, physio and pain clinic I have been diagnosed with CRPS and am still in acute pain. Can the plate be removed, will it help me please advise as no treatment is helping and this simple brake 7 months ago is debilitating and ruining my life?