There is no one treatment for metatarsalgia as there is no one cause for metatarsalgia. The term ‘metatarsalgia’ means pain in the metatarsal region of the foot. Just from what the term means should be an alert to there having to be...
Metatarsalgia is a meaningless term. It like saying someone has a sore knee. It does not tell you anything. A sore knee could be due to a lot of different things, so saying someone has a sore knee does not help convey anything. ‘Metatars...
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...
Heel fat pad atrophy is a condition that is characterized by the thinning or degeneration of the fat pad located in the heel area of the foot. The fat pad acts as a natural cushioning and shock-absorbing structure, protecting the heel bone and...
Hallux rigidus is a condition in which the big toe joint becomes more rigid making it painful to walk The most common cause of hallux rigidus is osteoarthritis of the big toe joint, which is a ‘wear and tear’ arthritis of that joint. The...
…. with extreme difficulty! The big toe (hallux) joint of the foot is an very important joint for normal function. When we are walking or running and the heel starts to come off the ground, that big toe joint has to start bending to allow the...
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 a painful stiffness of the big toe joint of the foot. The best shoes for hallux rigidus are going to be those shoes that do two things: 1. Restrict the movement of the joint so that it is not so painful to walk 2. Facilitate the...
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...