You probably don’t give much thought to the toll your feet take on a daily basis until you experience foot or ankle pain. As complex, weight-bearing structures, your feet and ankles are highly susceptible to all types of acute or chronic injuries. Sporting injuries, slip and fall, and other accidents can result in fractures, sprains,…
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Bunion Joint Pain
Hallux valgus, or commonly known as Bunion, is a condition that affects the joint at the base of the big toe. The base of the bone in your big toe (proximal phalanx) meets with the head of the metatarsal bone in your foot to form the metatarsophalangeal joint. Ligaments connect the two bones together for stability. …
Is foot and ankle pain slowing you down?
The foot and ankle are magnificently designed to get us where we need to go. Did you know? The human foot contains 26 bones (one quarter of the bones in the human body are in the feet), 33 joints, 107 ligaments, and has 19 muscles and tendons. A joint is defined as anywhere 2 bones…