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Turf Toe -Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Turf toe is a hyper-extension or impaction injury of the great toe joint that injures the joint cartilage and soft tissue structures supporting the great toe joint. Turf toe is most often described as... (read more)
Tailor's Bunion -Thursday, 14 January 2021
A tailor's bunion is a prominence of the lateral aspect of the 5th metatarsal head. The term tailor's bunion was coined in the age when a tailor would sit cross-legged on the floor, putting up the... (read more)
Stress Fractures of the Foot -Wednesday, 13 January 2021
The term stress fracture describes a fracture that is the result of repetitive load (stress) and the failure of the bone to manage and heal the effects of that load. If a bone is unable to accommodate... (read more)
Sesamoiditis -Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Sesamoiditis is an inflammatory condition of one or both of the sesamoid bones which are located on the plantar (bottom) aspect of the first metatarsal phalangeal joint (1st MPJ or big toe joint.) Sesamoiditis... (read more)
Sesamoid Fracture -Wednesday, 13 January 2021
The sesamoid bones are a pair of small bones located on the plantar (bottom) aspect of the great toe joint. Sesamoid bone fractures can be the result of a direct force applied to the sesamoid, such as... (read more)
Pseudogout -Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Pseudogout, also know as calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (CPPD), is a disease very similar to gout. Gout and CPPD are often confused due to their clinical similarities in onset... (read more)
Morton's Neuroma -Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Morton's Neuroma is a painful condition of the forefoot that is caused by the entrapment of the common intermetatarsal nerve as it passes through the forefoot to the toes. This condition was first... (read more)
Metatarsalgia -Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Metatarsalgia is a generic term used to describe non-specific forefoot pain in the region of the metatarsal bones. Most clinicians agree that metatarsalgia is actually pain from the metatarsal bones that... (read more)
Hallux Rigidus -Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Hallux rigidus is the term used to describe end-stage limited range of motion of the great toe joint. Hallux rigidus is the final stage (stage 4) of hallux limitus. Hallux limitus is a progressive degenerative... (read more)
Hallux Limitus -Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Hallux limitus describes a condition where the hallux (great toe) is limited in its range of motion at the metatarsal phalangeal joint. This limited range of motion results in pain of the 1st metatarsal... (read more)
Gout -Wednesday, 09 December 2020
Gout is a form of crystal deposition arthritis, hence the name gouty arthritis. Uric acid, a chemical that is found in the serum component of our blood, and a by-product of protein metabolism, is the key... (read more)