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Looking At Pes Planus

OverviewIn a normal foot, the tendons in your foot and lower leg work together to form the arch. When the tendons all pull properly, your foot forms a moderate, normal arch. When the tendons do not pull together properly, there is little o…

Heel Discomfort The Causes, Warning Signs And Cure Choices

OverviewHeel pain is a very common foot problem. The sufferer usually feels pain either under the heel (planter fasciitis) or just behind it (Achilles tendinitis), where the Achilles tendon connects to the heel bone. Even though heel pain …

Leg Length Discrepancy And Medical Procedures

OverviewSurgery is another option. In some cases the longer extremity can be shortened, but a major shortening may weaken the muscles of the extremity. In growing children, lower extremities can also be equalized by a surgical procedure th…

Leg Length Discrepancy Gait Study

OverviewYou may be surprised to learn that most people have one leg that's just a bit longer than the other, or one foot that may be slightly larger. But for children with significant limb length discrepancies, the size difference between …

Mortons Neuroma Treatment

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 begins, the nearby bones and ligaments put p…

Shoe Lifts The Solution To Leg Length Discrepancy

There are actually two unique variations of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital implies that you are born with it. One leg is structurally shorter than the other. Through developmental phases of aging, the human b…

The Causes Of Calcaneal Spur

Overview A heel spur (or osteophyte) is a small bony growth or collection of bony growths on the back or underside of the heel. They may or may not cause pain, and patients often confuse heel spurs with a related condition known as plantar…

Find Out How To Spot Posterior Calcaneal Spur

Overview Heel spurs, pointed, bony outgrowths of the heel, are caused by localized soft tissue inflammation and can be located at the back of the heel or under the heel, beneath the sole of the foot. Plantar fascitis is associated with inf…

What Are Bursitis Of The Foot Signs And Symptoms

Overview People suffering from heel bursitis may experience pain and tenderness around the affected soft tissue, pain that worsens with movement or pressure, and visible swelling or skin redness in the area of the inflamed bursa at the bac…

Hammer Toe Treatment Without Surgery

Overview A Hammer toe is a contracture of the toes as a result of a muscle imbalance between the tendons on the top and the tendons on the bottom of the toe. They can be flexible or rigid in nature. When they are rigid, it is not possible …

Nonsurgical Hammer Toe Repair

Overview hammertoes most commonly affects the second toe on the foot. It causes the middle joint to bend. Hammertoe is most frequently caused by structural problems in the toe or from wearing poor fitting shoes. It is important to diagnose…

How To Detect Bunions

Overview A bunion is an enlargement of bone at the great toe joint. Tight shoes don't cause bunions, but they can aggravate them. Bunions are often inherited and become worse over time if left untreated they can cause pain, swelling, skin …

Over-Pronation Of The Feet What Are The Symptoms

Overview The diagonal plane movement of pronation occurs normally during walking or running. Although the term pronation routinely is used to describe dysfunctional foot mechanics, a better description of the pathological problem is overpr…

Severs Disease Physical Rehabilitation

Overview Pain in the heel of a child's foot, typically brought on by some form of injury or trauma, is sometimes Sever's Disease. The disease often mimics Achilles tendonitis, an inflammation of the tendon attached to the back of the heel.…

The Causes Of Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction ?

Overview Collapsed arches occur in five percent of adults 40 years and older, especially those who are overweight or maintain sedentary lifestyles. At the onset of the condition, adult acquired flatfoot can be controlled with anti-inflamma…

Everything You Might Want To Know About Heel Serious Pain

Overview The most common form of Heel Pain, is pain on the bottom of the heel. It tends to occur for no apparent reason and is often worse when first placing weight on the foot. Patients often complain of pain the first thing in the mornin…

Achilles Tendinitis

Overview Achilles tendinitis. Achilles tendonitis is inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the largest tendon in the body, which runs from the calf to the heel bone. Noninsertional Achilles tendonitis affects fibers in the middle of the ten…

What Exactly Can Cause Pain On The Heel

Overview Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common explanations of heel pain. It is caused by inflammation to the thick band that connects the toes to the heel bone, called the plantar fascia, which runs across the bottom of your foot. T…

What Will Cause Pain In The Heel And The Ways To Eliminate It

Overview Plantar fasciitis refers to an inflammation of the plantar fascia, a thick, fibrous band running along the sole of the foot. Such inflammation results from direct injury to the plantar fascia, usually, repeated trauma to the tissu…

What Can Cause Heel Pain And Approaches To Eliminate It

Overview Do you have sharp, stabbing, and/or aching pain on the bottom of your heel or arch? Is the pain more severe when you first get up in the morning or when you first start walking after rest? If this describes your pain then you prob…

What Will Cause Plantar Fasciitis And How To Deal With It

Overview Plantar fasciitis, or better termed chronic plantar heel pain, is likely caused by a combination of heel Compression, from standing with weight distributed on the heels. Abnormal stress on the foot, from decreased ankle flexibilit…

Workout Plans For Eczema of the Foot

If your Plantar Fasciitis feels like a bruise or a dull ache, you may have metatarsalgia People with metatarsalgia will often find that the pain is aggravated by walking in bare feet and on hard floor surfaces. Pain in the ball of your foo…

All You Want To Know Concerning Achilles Tendinitis

Overview You?re a prime candidate for acquiring Achilles Tendonitis if you?re a runner or some other kind of athlete requiring heavy use of your calves and their attached tendons. Then again, -anybody- can get tendonitis of the Achilles te…

Causes Of Top Of Foot Pain And Treatment Options

Although itching and blistery feet may be a sign of Athlete's foot, those who have constant numbness or tingling in their feet may be suffering from a condition known as peripheral neuropathy. You can barely remember the last time you were…

Do You Have Hard Skin On The Bottom Of Your Foot?

Last night I was sat grating the hard skin off my feet (as you do!) and my bf was mocking me, and totally grossed out by it. Make sure you pamper your feet properly and provide a good care in order to get smooth and healthy feet. Dry, crac…

Learn About Feet

A bunionette is similar to a bunion, but it develops on the outside of the foot. Kate Middleton is barely seen out in public engagements without her trusty nude LK Bennett high heels on. When she made a pre-Olympic visit to a judo center h…

Get Rid Of Corns

According to STARTHealthCare, three out of four Americans experience foot problems in a lifetime despite the fact that only a small group of individuals are born with foot problems. Calluses are caused by friction, and because feet tend to…

What Are The Treatments For Fallen Arches?

There are many different causes of and treatments for flat foot. The most important part of treatment is determining the exact flat foot type on an individual basis, and doing so early on. The main objective is to become educated on the po…

Foot Callus

Chronic diabetic foot ulcer/trophic ulcer not healing/not showing signs of improvement in wound size for more than 3 months has 15-20% chances of diabetic foot infection in their future.These are pressure ulcers that do not heal with routi…

How Do I Know If I Have A Bunion?

Dietary fibers are a neglected portion of our food table. Some of us are not aware about this. Fibers are important from different corner of reason. This is the reality; some of us are not taking the fibers a food seriously. Many researche…