Symptoms of Cuboid Syndrome This describes pain on the lateral side of the foot that is often described as sharp stabbing pain that is most painful while weight-bearing walking or running. The cuboid bone is a bone on the lateral side of the mid-foot and it is...
by Neal Liu SportsMed Podiatrist People often confuse the terms tendinitis, tendinosis and tendinopathy. These terms describe a variety of tendon conditions including inflammation, degeneration and injury. Firstly, what is a tendon? The first thing to do is differentiate between a tendon and a ligament. Both are...
by Sports Podiatrist Neal Liu You may have been told you have shin splints or know someone who has shin splints, however this can be slightly misleading. The term shin splints has be coined (and banded around) to encompass a number of issues around the lower leg,...
Tibialis Posterior Dysfunction & Adult Acquired Flat-foot deformity Several times a year I have patients who present to my Gold Coast Podiatry clinics noticing one or both of their feet have become flat. They may or may not have pain but none the less are concerned...
It is not usually until you have to have an x-ray that you may find you have an extra bone in your skeletal make-up of your feet. Although sometimes you may notice that your foot has a mysterious bump that other friends and family do...
What is Sever's Disease? The name itself sounds horrible and can strike fear into parents when the diagnosis is first mentioned. Fear not! It is not a true “disease” but more simply an irritation of the growth plate of the heel bone (calcaneus) usually occurring in...
Pain at the front of your foot or forefoot is a very common presentation to Podiatry clinics on the Gold Coast especially with women mainly because of women’s casual and dress shoes. Morton’s Neuromas, Metatarsalgia, Bunions, Claw toes, Corns and ...