Your heels help to keep you steady by bearing and distributing your body weight across your foot. When you suddenly develop pain in one of your heels, it may be due to a heel spur.
Foot Pain
How to Relieve Chronic Foot Pain
Your feet play an important role in bearing and balancing your weight while transporting you to wherever you want to go. The foot is a complex structure comprising 26 small bones and 33 tiny joints, including multiple muscles, tendons, and … Read More
Common Causes of Ankle Pain
The ankles bear the weight of our entire body, and they must bend and twist however we please. Because they are so stable, we tend to take our ankles for granted until they start causing us to feel pain.
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How To Treat Bunions
One of the most common foot issues affecting people is bunions. A bunion is a protrusion of the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint at the base of the big toe. Women are especially prone to developing bunions due to footwear that forces … Read More
Treatments for Ankle Pain
The ankle is particularly vulnerable to injury because of the complexity of its structure and the weight and pressure placed on it every day. Ankle pain may therefore affect anyone of any age; however, it is most common in athletes … Read More
What is Achilles Tendonitis?
The Achilles tendon is the long band of tissue that connects the leg’s calf muscle to the heel bone. It is also referred to as the calcaneal tendon, since the scientific name for the heel bone is calcaneus.
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Common Foot and Ankle Sports Injuries
Whenever you train for a sport or participate in a sport, your focus is on how to get better and better. In the process, you may forget the strain it could have on your feet and ankles.
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Different Types of Tendonitis
Tendonitis can be a painful condition which is caused by inflammation or irritation of a tendon. It can occur anywhere in the body, but it most commonly occurs in the feet and ankles.
Overuse, repetitive movements, or overstretching can result … Read More
Recovery for a Fractured Foot
The foot is made up of 26 bones. With so many bones, and some quite delicate, it can make them vulnerable to injury. In fact, one in every ten bone fractures happen in the foot. Treatment for fractures and the … Read More
What Is Peroneal Tendonitis?
Peroneal tendonitis is a condition that develops when the peroneal tendons in your legs are inflamed. It is an overuse injury usually caused by the tendons in the legs rubbing against bone which results in inflammation. As a reaction to … Read More
