Modern Boots to be Blamed?

In the wake of Wayne Rooney’s recent foot injury, the integrity of modern football boots has once again been called into question. It seems as though more footballers than ever are succumbing to the fabled ‘broken metatarsal’, which begs the question: are boots really to blame?

Let’s get the science bit over and done with first. The metatarsus is the area in the top of your foot that consists of five individual bones, the metatarsals, one for each toe. A broken metatarsal is sustained by a sudden, forceful impact, often in the middle of the bone, and will generally take anything from four to ten weeks to completely recover from.

Wayne Rooney became the latest victim of a fractured foot bone whilst playing Reading at the weekend. After getting on the end of a Ronaldo cross, Rooney made contact, first with the ball, but then with the foot of Michael Duberry who was stretching to intercept the shot. The striker went down in a heap but promptly got back to his feet to see out the remainder of the first half before he was replaced at the break.

The England international was immediately sent for a scan which.....

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