3. Avulsion fracture
It is sometimes said that a fracture is much more preferable to a torn ligament or a ruptured tendon, due to the fact that the recovery is often more simple and can even be quicker. The breaking of a bone is something the body is more able to heal on its own than a torn or rupture tissue or fiber, that’s just the way it is.
This said it doesn’t make the pain any less easy to endure for someone who has suffered an avulsion fracture for instance. This type of pain is easy to misdiagnose and only an X-ray can really determine one way or another whether someone’s foot pain is being caused by a fracture. When a fracture is identified, a person may be asked to wear a protective boot that acts as a cast in order to help the bone heal in the correct way.
It isn’t any consolation to someone with a huge boot on their foot that things could’ve been worse, but anyone who has suffered a fracture and a muscle tear will attest to the fact that the bone break is easier to recover from.