Because of its location in the midsection of the foot, sandwiched between the long bones of the midfoot (called the metatarsals) and the heel bones, your navicular bone is a common site of fractures. In the vast majority of cases, these fractures or breaks are stress fractures — overuse injuries caused by repetitive stress on the midfoot area. Runners, jumpers, dancers and other athletes are especially prone to these injuries, however they can occur in people who have reduced