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Efficacy of PRP in Regeneration of Bone and Healing of soft Tissue

Platelet Rich Plasma | Platelet Rich Plasma | Platelet Rich Plasma for plantar fasciitis | Platelet Rich Plasma for Musculoskeletal Conditions | Platelet-Rich Plasma for Achilles tendon pain Continue reading

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Posterior Tibial Tendonitis

I have been seeing more posterior tibial tendonitis lately. If I did not know any better, I would say it was getting more common. This would be consistent with the increased interest in barefoot or minimalist running Continue reading

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Plantar Plate Dysfunction

The plantar plate is an important structure of the first metatarsophalangeal joints in the foot. The plantar plate is part of the plantar fascia and is a thickening of the plantar aspect of the joint capsule. Continue reading

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Top of Foot Pain in Runners

With the increased popularity of barefoot or minimalist running, there is an increased incidence of and injury that is being label TOFP ( Top of Foot Pain ) on many forums and blogs. There are a number of causes of pain on the top of the foot such as a ganglions, tendonitis and metatarsal stress fractures.  What most of the barefoot or minimalist runners seem to be describing with the term, TOFP is a dorsal midfoot interosseous compression syndrome which occurs when the forefoot dorsiflexion moments on the rearfoot are too high for the tissues to tolerate and there is some compression over the dorsum of the foot between the tarsal bones and bases of the metatarsals. The treatment of top of foot pain is to increase the forefoot plantarflexion moment with strapping, rearfoot striking, heel raises, calf muscle stretching and foot orthotics with the appropriate design feature. Continue reading

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Disorders of the Heel, Rearfoot, and Ankle

Disorders of the Heel, Rearfoot, and Ankle Chitranjan S. Ranawat, Rock G. Positano Hardback; 520 pages; 547 ills; 15 April 1999 This book presents the most comprehensive, in-depth review published on conditions of the heel, rearfoot, and ankle Continue reading

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Diagnosing a Baxters Nerve Entrapment

This can be challenging and often mimic plantar fasciitis, and can actually be caused by plantar fasciitis . Baxters neuritis is an entrapment of a branch of the lateral plantar nerve that innervates the abductor digiti minimi muscle. Continue reading

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Sesamoiditis

Sesamoiditis is a common problem in athlete with high loads under the first metatarsophalangeal joint. Continue reading

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Sinus Tarsi Syndrome

This is a common problem in athletes. Sinus tarsi syndrome generally occurs in two situations that are almost opposite to each other Continue reading

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The Foot Posture Index

Most of the measurements that are carried out as part of a biomechanical assessment have been shown in a number of research projects to be unrepeatable. There are also the issues of which measurements are more important, such as the angle of the calcaneus, the height of the arch, the bulging of the midfoot, etc Continue reading

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What exactly is sinus tarsi syndrome?

Just what is sinus tarsi syndrome? What is the pathological process inovled in it. Continue reading

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