This week we are going to discuss tarsal navicular fractures which are most commonly the result of either traumatic injury or repetitive stress with young individuals and athletes demonstrating the ...

What are the possible etiologies of a stress fracture of the heel in a non-athletically competitive 50-year-old woman who has a negative DEXA scan for osteoporosis? Her bone scan was positive, the ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is very important to correctly diagnose in the foot and ankle as it mimics other conditions of the foot—tarsal tunnel syndrome. Tarsal tunnel syndrome ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Navicular stress fractures are a relatively common presentation to an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon. Most ...

What Are the Symptoms of a Stress Fracture? Stress fractures usually cause dull pain around the site of the fracture. This pain usually gets worse while exercising, walking, or standing. Another ...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome is the compression of an important nerve that runs through your ankle and into your foot. It’s possible to develop tarsal tunnel syndrome after spraining your ankle, overusing ...

The neck projects anteromedially and plantarwards from the dome, [1] and its inferolateral surface defines the roof of the sinus tarsi and tarsal canal. This portion of the talus marks the origin of ...

Any condition that produces compression or squeezing of the posterior tibial nerve within the tarsal tunnel causes tarsal tunnel syndrome. Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a result of compression of the ...

Tarsal tunnel syndrome patients suffer from a burning or tingling sensation, numbness, and/or a sharp and shooting pain along the distribution of the tibial nerve. Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a ...