Tarsal coalition

By |2022-11-25T15:30:14+11:00November 9th, 2022|Foot pain|

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 [...]

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 [...]

Accessory navicular with pes planus

By |2022-09-08T15:15:08+10:00October 19th, 2021|Flat feet|

Blog's main page Approximately 2.5% of the population are born with an accessory navicular. There are three types of this condition with type 2 being the most commonly symptomatic. The fibrocartilagenous union between the ossicle and the navicular can be torn, particularly when it occurs in an excessively pronated foot type. The tibialis posterior tendon will [...]

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