Lateral ankle reconstruction is a surgery to tighten up one or more ankle ligaments on the outside of your ankle. It is sometimes known as the Brostrom procedure. It is an outpatient surgery, and the patients are released on the …
Retrocalcaneal bursitis is a medical condition that affects the bursa of your heels, which spreads from the Achilles tendon and the heel bone. The bursa acts as a cushion when you walk. A bursa can be defined as a sac …
Sesamoids are bones that have tendons that connect them to muscles. They differ from other bones in our body, connected at joints. Sesamoiditis occurs when the tendons connected to sesamoids become inflamed. The kneecap is the largest sesamoid in your …
The procurement of shoes is considered by most as a vapid exercise entailing trawling through copious choices with slight variations in hue and shimmer. What most neglect, however, is an aspect of the utmost relevance: that obtaining a shoe that …
Microfracture is a surgical technique that is beneficial to repair damaged articular cartilage damage by making multiple small holes in the joint surface to stimulate the healing response. This technique was frequently used in athletes to treat their injuries. The …
A heel spur is a medical condition created by a bony outgrowth of the heel bone that extends between your heel bone and arch. Heel spurs result from the build-up of calcium deposits under the heel bones. Heel spurs often …
Repetitive movements and overuse of muscles can entail considerable impediments to one’s mobility. Nowhere are the cataclysmic consequences of this more evident than on the Achilles tendon. Christened after the illustrious Greek warrior, the Achilles tendon constitutes the tendon connecting …
The paucity of oil glands portends grave difficulties in providing the feet with adequate nourishment in winters to prevent them from cracking up the way other limbs of the body do. The effects of the blistering winter manifest in ways …
