Woltman’s sign is a delay in the return to normal after eliciting the Achilles deep tendon reflex. The delay is commonly seen in those with hypothyroidism and returns to normal when therapy is started.
Heel fat pad atrophy occurs when the fat pad that is normally under the heel bone atrophies or wastes away. This naturally happens as we get older, but does occur earlier in some people and some people have a naturally reduced amount of fat there...
Hallux rigidus and hallux valgus are two totally different things that look different, have different causes and have different treatments. Hallux rigidus is when the big toe (the hallux) joint is more rigid than it should be. As the joint gets...
Hallux rigidus is an increasing stiffness of the big toe (hallux) joint in the foot to the point where the joint becomes rigid. The cause of this stiffness or rigidity is almost always osteoarthritis. The osteoarthritis can develop for one of two...
Hallux rigidus is a condition in which the big toe (‘hallux’) joint is stiff (‘rigidus’). There are somewhat slightly different terminologies at play here. Some people use the term ‘hallux rigidus’ to mean that...
