This week we are going to discuss a rather complex condition that has been simplified to the point of being nondiagnostic—the medial heel pain syndrome. Heel pain is a very common condition in the ...

The tarsals are the long bones of the foot. Just below the bony bit on the inside of the ankle (medial malleolus) is a passage where two nerves run. These nerves are called the medial and lateral ...

A healthy, 39-year-old man who works at construction sites arrived with a 1-year history of “electric shocks” in his right foot whenever he wore his work boots. This was initially attributed to ...

Overuse injury of the plantar fascia caused by repetitive microtrauma from prolonged walking or running –Bilateral squeeze of calcaneus can be useful in identifying stress fracture (rare), but if done ...

The treatment of calcaneal fractures continues to be controversial. These fractures present many challenges to the treating surgeon, including bony comminution, sometimes severe soft tissue envelope ...

Objectives: To determine if, in the short term, acetic acid and dexamethasone iontophoresis combined with LowDye (low-Dye) taping are effective in treating the symptoms of plantar fasciitis. Methods: ...