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03 Apr Commonly injured structures of the foot from running #6 Bones.

Posted at 00:23h in Bone Injury, Foot Pain, Forefoot pain, Lateral foot pain, Mid-foot pain by Aleks Baruksopulo SportsMed Podiatry 0 Comments

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Without the bones that make up our skeleton our bodies would collapse in a mound of beautiful soft tissue mess. Our bones are the anchors for the forces applied by muscles and tendons to allow our body to both maintain an upright posture and to...

26 Sep Commonly injured structures of the foot from running #4 Plantar Plate.

Posted at 10:45h in Forefoot pain, Plantar Plate by Aleks Baruksopulo SportsMed Podiatry 1 Comment

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Plantar plates are fibrocartilaginous structures made up type 1 collagen, which makes them a very strong construct for daily wear and tear of ligaments.1 Its main role is to stabilise the metatarsal phalangeal joints during bending of the toes during the propulsion phase of gait...

20 May Commonly injured structures in the foot from running #3 Peripheral Nerves

Posted at 10:26h in Foot Pain, Forefoot pain, Running Pain, Running Shoe Gold Coast, Running shoes, Sports Podiatry by Aleks Baruksopulo SportsMed Podiatry 0 Comments

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The peripheral nervous system includes all neural structures outside the brain and spinal cord. They include sensory receptors, peripheral nerves and their associated ganglion, and efferent motor endings.1 Sensory receptors are specialised to respond to changes in their environment, which are called stimuli.1 These sensory receptors are linked to nerves whose stimulus triggers...

22 Jun Killer High Heels – Fashion vs Preventing Forefoot Pain

Posted at 08:41h in Foot Pain, Footwear, Forefoot pain, Podiatrist Gold Coast by Aleks Baruksopulo SportsMed Podiatry 0 Comments

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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 ...