question: I am sure that I have a (slight) fracture of the 5th metatarsal. The symptoms are swelling of the little toe and its joint region only. The pain and swelling have decreased somewhat. I walk awkwardly during the day and when I am back in the evening I take my normal shoes off, pain increases and I begin to hobble around. I know this is due to the fatigue I cause during the day. To describe the happening, I am an amatuer distance runner and had recently got back into training. I obviously increased the milage of my runs too quickly. On one run I stepped on a small stone on the outer side of the foot and didn t really feel any annoyance until the next day. Two days later, despite the a very slight annoyance (hardly a reason not to run) I decided to run on it over a quicker 6 mile run and the twanging pain (not unbearable) began after I had cooled down. Do you think a crepe bandage will be enough over a 2-3 week recovery?