CountryLady,
You might look into stress fractures. These are fractures which occur after a bone has been subjected to repeated stresses. Stress fractures of the metatarsal bones in the foot have been called "march fractures", because they occur very often in the military.
These can be caused from just walking.
In the military, they are commonly seen in new recruits, who have increased the amount of stress they are applying to their feet in the first few weeks of basic training. The bones respond to the stress by remodeling, but during the remodeling, there is a period where they are actually weakened. It is in this time frame when the stress fracture occurs. And it can occur when the person is just walking.
Good luck.