Posted by Kirsten on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
We've talked before about the bunion, the bump that develops on the side of your forefoot, right below your big toe. Let's give a big hand to the bunion's lesser known, yet equally painful cousin, the bunionette! (Note: I don't actually know if they are cousins, but they definitely seem related. One is big, one is little, and they're both found ...
Posted by Kirsten on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Any injury or problem with your feet is bad, mostly because these make it difficult to stand and walk, two of the things that are at the heart of being human. Mix pain with immobility, and a foot injury just means pure misery.Some foot problems are worse than others, of course. Athlete's foot is disgusting, but it can be dealt ...
Posted by Kirsten on Thursday, April 5th, 2012
It's such a nice, simple little name, but such a bad injury. Today we are going to talk about an unusually nasty fracture: a Jones Fracture. Oh no, what is a Jones fracture? In simplest terms, it is a fracture of the fifth metatarsal, or the bone attached to your little toe. This type of fracture is found in the midfoot ...
Posted by Kirsten on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Feet are important. Feet are especially important if you're a soccer player, whose main weapon is his or her feet.There's a reason why the rest of the world calls the sport "football." 'Cause you use your feet, get it? I'm in the US, though, and I'm accustomed to "soccer," so we'll stick with that here. Soccer is the most popular sport ...
Posted by Kirsten on Friday, March 23rd, 2012
It started happening a few years ago. An athlete went down with a foot injury on a seemingly benign play or in practice. When the medical report came out, the injury was called a "lisfranc" injury. And sports reporters and sports talk radio hosts everywhere said, "Who is Liz Frank and what did she do to this guy's foot?" Chien Ming-Wang ...
Posted by Kirsten on Monday, February 13th, 2012
Feet. You wear them everyday. But here are some crazy things you may not know about them: 25% of the bones found in the human body are in the feet. Yup, that's right--there are 206 bones in your body, and 26 are in each foot (the hand takes first place for most bones in a body part with 26 bones. Stupid, ...
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