Partial Achilles Tendon Tear Surgery
Overview An Achilles tendon rupture is a tear in the strong fibrous cord that connects the muscles in the back of your calf to your heel bone. The tendon can rupture partially or completely. Your...
View ArticleAre Bunions And Corns The Same Thing
Overview Hallux Abducto Valgus, commonly called bunion, is a bony deformity affecting the angle of the joint at the base of the big toe. Some medical professionals believe that the condition is solely...
View ArticleNon Surgical Hammertoe Treatment
OverviewA Hammer toes or contracted toe is a deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the second, third, or fourth toe causing it to be permanently bent, resembling a hammer. Mallet toe is a...
View ArticlePodiatrists Choose Shoe Lifts For Leg Length Imbalances
There are not one but two different kinds of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital indicates you are born with it. One leg is anatomically shorter in comparison to the other. As...
View ArticleWhy Shoe Lifts Are The Answer To Leg Length Imbalances
There are actually two unique variations of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital implies you are born with it. One leg is anatomically shorter compared to the other. As a...
View ArticleShoe Lifts The Podiatrists Treatment For Leg Length Difference
There are not one but two unique variations of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital implies that you are born with it. One leg is structurally shorter compared to the other. As...
View ArticleAre Shoe Lifts The Ideal Solution To Leg Length Imbalances
There are not one but two different types of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital indicates that you are born with it. One leg is anatomically shorter in comparison to the...
View ArticleMortons Neuroma Treatments
OverviewA Morton's neuroma is a benign (noncancerous) swelling along a nerve in the foot that carries sensations from the toes. The reason the nerve starts to swell is unknown. But once swelling...
View ArticleShoe Lifts For Leg Length Discrepancy
OverviewThe two major categorizations of LLD are structural and functional. A third more minor category is environmental. In structural LLD there is an actual anatomical difference in the bones of the...
View ArticleMeasuring Apparent Leg Length Discrepancy
OverviewEpiphysiodesis is a surgical option designed to slow down the growth of the long leg over a period of months to years. It is only used in growing children. The operation involves a general...
View ArticleHeel Aches
OverviewHeel pain is usually focused on the underside or the back of your heel. If your pain is on the underside of your heel, its likely cause is plantar fasciitis. Pain on the back of your heel,...
View ArticleWays To Diagnose Fallen Arches
OverviewSome people have always had flat feet from a young age. Unfortunately as people reach their fifties they will suddenly have one foot with a flatter arch than the other foot. This situation is...
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