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  • Physical Therapy for Posterior Tibial Tendonitis

    Physical therapy for posterior tibial tendonitis (PTT) can help you regain normal foot and ankle range of motion (ROM), strength, and mobility. This can help eliminate your foot and ankle pain and get you back to your normal work and recreational activities.

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  • Causes of Heel Pain and Treatment Options

    Heel pain is a very common symptom in adults, but children and adolescents may also complain of it. There are several conditions that can cause heel pain in young people. Explore when it may be normal growing pains and when heel pain may indicate a more serious condition.

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  • What to Know About Peroneal Tendonitis

    You have thousands of tendons in your body. Tendons connect muscles to bones with tissue that is strong and flexible but not very elastic.

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  • Recognizing the Early Signs of Arthritis in Your Feet

    Arthritis can affect any of your joints, including those in your feet. Joint damage from arthritis can cause pain, swelling, and physical changes to the joints.

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  • Syndesmosis Injuries to the Ankle

    The syndesmotic ligament connects the two bones of the leg; this is often referred to as the ankle sydesmosis, or just syndesmosis. These bones, the tibia, and fibula are between the knee and ankle joints. The tibia is the larger shin bone that supports most of the weight of the body, and the fibula is the smaller bone on the outside of the leg.

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  • Maisonneuve Fracture of the Ankle

    A Maisonneuve fracture is a specific type of ankle fracture that occurs when the ankle is forcefully twisted outwards (external rotation). The fracture is important because treatment almost always requires surgery, and without a careful examination of the ankle (and the knee), it's possible to misdiagnose this injury.

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  • Common Football Foot and Ankle Injuries

    The explosive, shifting movements required in football, combined with the constant contact between players, make injuries extremely common in both adult and youth players alike.

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  • Inbone II yielded good short-term survival in revision total ankle arthroplasty

    Published results showed the Inbone II Total Ankle System had good short-term survival and improvements in postoperative scores at 2 years in revision total ankle arthroplasty procedures.

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  • 3-D Printed Ankle Joints Help Patients Walk Again

    The advance is due to specialized computer aided design (CAD) software, allowing the team to provide a highly customized solution that is unique to each patient. Other procedures have not involved such refined design.

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  • COVID-19 has even Ruined our Feet

    Foot pain has been on the rise during the pandemic, as people working from home kicked off their supportive shoes in favor of flimsy slippers and flip-flops, while others, including Hudson, used the time to become more active, which put new strain on their feet.

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