Adult-acquired flat foot (PTTD)

By |2022-11-06T10:41:27+11:00August 4th, 2022|Flat feet, Foot pain, Heel pain|

Blog's main page This is a patient who presented with a severely debilitating right flat foot. This has been progressing for approximately two years; however, three months ago, the pain and disability markedly increased. He can no longer carry out weight-bearing exercises, work at his usual job or play with his kids as desired. Conservative care [...]

Calcaneonavicular coalition

By |2022-08-16T13:49:39+10:00July 26th, 2022|Foot pain, Heel pain|

Blog's main page This is an image from one of my cases last week. The patient is another example of the need to continue your investigations into those long-standing and chronic markedly painful feet. This patient had a painful lateral rearfoot with no success from conservative care. X-rays were negative, and the patient's biomechanics were not [...]

Plantar fasciotomy post-op

By |2022-07-08T15:15:48+10:00February 18th, 2022|Heel pain, Post operative|

Blog's main page Following on from a post (Chronic Heel Pain, October 2021) I shared a few weeks ago about the minimally invasive plantar fasciotomy for chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciosis/fasciitis. A patient presented this week with a problem, involving DJD/OA of the left 2nd MTPJ. She is an existing patient, whom I carried out a plantar [...]

Chronic heel pain

By |2022-07-08T15:16:09+10:00October 27th, 2021|Heel pain|

Blog's main page This 24-year-old male presented at my rooms with an 8-year history of bilateral "plantar fasciitis". He had been treated with various modalities and health practitioners over the years, including 4 steroid injections in each heel and was actually wearing a CAM/moon boot on his right foot. The patient presented with radiographs and ultrasounds [...]

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