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Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (PTTD) Treatments And Causes
Overview Noticed that your foot is getting flatter and more painful? Do you have difficulty walking or performing exercise activity without leg and arch pain? Have you heard the term "fallen arches"?...
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Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture Surgery Or Not
Overview About two thirds of all Achilles tendon ruptures occur during sports. Total ruptures are most common in sports with stop-and-go movements, especially ball sports. The majority of patients...
View ArticleDoes Severs Disease Always Necessitate Surgical Treatment?
OverviewCalcaneal apophysitis (Sever?s disease) is the most common cause of heel pain in young athletes. Calcaneal apophysitis is a painful inflammation of the heel?s calcaneal apophysis growth plate,...
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What Does Over-Pronation Of The Foot Mean
OverviewPronation is a normal motion that our feet make as they walk. With each step, the heel touches the ground first, then the foot rolls forward to the toes, causing the ankle to roll inward...
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Do Bunions Need Surgical Procedures?
Overview A bunion is enlargement of bone or tissue that develops at the joint that connects your big toe to your foot. The bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons of your feet normally are well-balanced...
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Hammer Toe Symptoms Pain
Overviewhammertoes is often a harmless and painless condition. Although the toe may be curled permanently, hammertoe should not cause any long-term problems other than a more difficult time finding...
View ArticleWhat Is Bursitis On The Foot?
OverviewBursitis is the inflammation of a bursa. Retrocalcaneal bursitis is in inflammation of the bursa located between the calcaneus and the anterior surface of the Achilles tendon.There are two...
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Protecting Against Inferior Calcaneal Spur
OverviewHeel spurs occur in at least half the people who have plantar fasciitis, a painful condition involving the thick tissue that runs between your heel bone and your toes. In the past, doctors...
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The Way To Identify Posterior Calcaneal Spur
OverviewHeel spurs are a common foot problem resulting from excess bone growth on the heel bone. The bone growth is usually located on the underside of the heel bone, extending forward to the toes. One...
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Are Shoe Lifts The Answer To Leg Length Discrepancy
There are not one but two different types of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital implies you are born with it. One leg is structurally shorter in comparison to the other....
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Treating Mortons Neuroma
OverviewMorton?s neuroma occurs as the nerve passes under the ligament connecting the toe bones (metatarsals) in the forefoot. Morton?s neuroma most frequently develops between the third and fourth...
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Leg Length Discrepancy Symptoms Running
OverviewA difference in the length of your lower and/or upper legs is called a leg length discrepancy. This is fairly common, actually. One study reported that 32 percent of 600 individuals had a...
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Heel Aches The Causes, Signs Or Symptoms And Treatment Possibilities
OverviewHeel pain is generally the result of faulty biomechanics (walking gait abnormalities) that place too much stress on the heel bone and the soft tissues that attach to it. The stress may also...
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Pes Planus?
OverviewIf you look at an adult foot from the inside, you'll usually notice an upward curve in the middle. This is called an arch. Tendons, tight bands that attach at the heel and foot bones form the...
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