Turf toe: throw the kitchen sink at it
Turf toe is an acute injury to the first metatarsophalangeal joint. It is more likely in field sports associated with…
Fat Pad Atrophy: Throw the kitchen sink at it
Under the skin on the plantar surface of the foot is a layer of subcutaneous fat that makes up what…
Iselin’s Disease: Throw the kitchen sink at it
Iselin’s disease is an uncommon osteochondrosis or traction apophysitis of the growing area at the base of the fifth metatarsal…
Toe Jam: Throw the kitchen sink at it
‘Toe jam’ is not exactly a medical condition and is the throw away comment used by lay people for that…
Saddle Bone Deformity: Throw the kitchen sink at it
The condition of a ‘Saddle Bone Deformity‘ is the name used by lay people for what is technically called a…
Calcaneal Stress Fracture: Throw the kitchen sink at it
A stress fracture of the calcaneus bone (calcaneal stress fracture) is the second most common stress fracture in the foot.…
Bauer Bump: throw the kitchen sink at it
A Bauer Bump is what is mostly used in the ice hockey community to describe a Haglund Deformity (pump bump, retrocalcaneal bursitis) that occurs…
Achilles tendon rupture: Throw the kitchen sink at it
An Achilles tendon rupture is a partial or complete tear of the Achilles tendon, which is the large tendon that…
Tarsal Coalition: Throw the kitchen sink at it
A tarsal coalition is a condition that is characterized by the abnormal fusion of two or more bones in the…
Joplin’s Neuroma: Throw the kitchen sink at it
A Joplin’s Neuroma or neuritis is an entrapment of the medial plantar digital nerve that innervates the medial aspect of…
Growing Pains in the Leg: Throwing the kitchen sink at it
The term “growing pains” is a commonly misused term for any aches and pains in growing children. True growing pains…
Freiberg disease: Throw the kitchen sink at it
Freiberg disease is not a disease but a somewhat rare disorder of the metatarsal head in the foot. It also…