Blog's main page This patient presented with a history of markedly painful posterior heel "bumps". She has noted them for approximately two years. The patient is now having major problems with any enclosed shoes. The area rubs become red and enlarged and can blister. She feels she has exhausted conservative care. She is young and is [...]
Blog's main page Tarsal coalitions are rare in the general population. I suspect this may be the reason why many of these are missed or wrongly diagnosed. The patient seen in the imaging below has had marked foot pain for many years and has consulted various health professionals over the years. One intervention, approximately ten years [...]
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 [...]
Blog's main page Surgical intervention is continuously evolving. Minimally invasive surgery, or keyhole as it is commonly known, has progressed markedly over recent years as this case depicts. This patient presented with a painful non-union of the base of the 5th metatarsal. Commonly called Jones fracture, however, this actual fracture is at the margins of a [...]
