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- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
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Tag Archives: physical therapy
Why the Toning Shoe Marketers Got Busted
Toning shoes are considered to be shoes that are deliberately made unstable with design features like a rocker bottom shoe. The purpose of this instability is to create a balance problem so that the muscles have to work harder to compensate. As a result it is claimed that this give and extra workout or ‘tone up’ when wearing the shoes. Continue reading
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 paradox of sinus tarsi syndrome
Sinus tarsi syndrome is somewhat paradoxical in that it can be caused by inversion, as in an ankle sprain damaging the structures in the sinus tarsi by stretching them; and it can also be caused by eversion, as in a pronated foot with high forces pushing the subtalar joint to end range of motion and causing compression forces at the bony end range of motion. The structures in the sinus tarsi and Continue reading
