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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...

08 Oct An accessory navicular bone: What is it and the Conservative Treatment.

Posted at 23:27h in Foot Pain, Mid-foot pain by Aleks Baruksopulo SportsMed Podiatry 0 Comments

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After having several patients present with this “extra” bone in their feet in the past month I thought it was a good time to write about this fairly rare condition. This accessory bone occurs on the inner side of the foot at the top of the...

23 Oct What is a Tarsal Coalition and how can it affect a Runner’s foot?

Posted at 01:49h in Foot Pain, Mid-foot pain, Rear-foot Pain, Running Pain by Aleks Baruksopulo SportsMed Podiatry 0 Comments

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A tarsal coalition is where two or more bones within the mid-foot and/or rear-foot are joined together. The connection can be either osseous (bone), cartilaginous or fibrous. 90% of tarsal coalitions are either talocalcaneal (intra-articular) or calcaneonavicular (extra-articular) (Franson & Baravarian, 2004). They can cause pain,...