Bunions Causes Symptoms And Treatments
Overview When the big toe is misaligned, it creates an unnatural bump on the inside of the forefoot (see image below). In addition to being unsightly, the lump or bunion can cause pain and make buying...
View ArticleCause And Dealing With Hammertoes
Overview Hammer toes and mallet toe are two foot deformities that occur most often in women who wear high heels or shoes with a narrow toe box. These types of footwear may force your toes against the...
View ArticleHammertoe Repair Surgery
Overview A hammertoe occurs when the middle of the toe points upwards abnormally. This most often occurs in the second toe, and is often the result of a big toe bunion pushing on the second toe. A...
View ArticleHow Shoe Lifts Overcome Leg Length Imbalances
There are actually two different kinds of leg length discrepancies, congenital and acquired. Congenital means that you are born with it. One leg is anatomically shorter than the other. Through...
View ArticleTreating Mortons Neuroma
OverviewMortons Neuroma is a common painful condition involving compression of nerves between the long bones of the forefoot just before they enter the toes. Commonly this involves the 3rd and 4th...
View ArticleLeg Length Discrepancy Shoe Inserts
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...
View ArticleAll You Want To Know About
OverviewHeel pain is often the result of a heel spur, which is a bone growth on the heel bone. Heel spurs are usually located on the underside of the heel bone where it attaches to the plantar fascia,...
View ArticleWhat Is Pes Planus?
OverviewFlat feet can develop as an adult ("adult acquired flatfoot") due to injury, illness, unusual or prolonged stress to the foot, faulty biomechanics,[5] or as part of the normal aging process....
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