Next Step: Foot Care In Connecticut

• posted: Aug. 06, 2013
• big toe points upward,  hitchhiker's toe,  striated toe,  symptoms of hitchhiker's toe,  toe points upward,  treatment for hitchhiker's toe

"Hit the road, Jack, and don't you come back no more no more..." Hitchhikers are often seen on major state roads, giving the old thumbs up gesture, an indication that they're Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2013
• nathan lane,  nathan lane foot injury,  nathan lane injury,  nathan lane leg injury,  nathan lane the nance

Last Wednesday 2013 Tony nominee Nathan Lane injured his foot during a performance of The Nance and had to be replaced by his understudy Stephen DeRosa. Despite the injury, Lane Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2013
• congenital foot deformity,  foot deformities in children,  baby foot deformed,  calcaneovalgus foot,  infant foot deformed,  infant foot twisted

Calcaneovalgus foot is also known as flexible flatfoot in infants and young children. In infants this foot disorder is seen with the foot abducted (turned) and the ankle severely dorsiflexied Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2013
• amniotic band,  amniotic band syndrome,  birth defects and feet,  foot deformities and birth defects,  symptoms of amniotic band syndrome

Amniotic band syndrome is a congenital disorder caused by fetal limbs or digits getting caught in fibrous amniotic bands while in utero. Amniotic banding happens in every 1 in 1,200 Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2013
• metatarsus adductus,  symptoms of metatarsus adductus,  treatment for metatarsus adductus

Metatarsus adductus, or metatarsus varus, is a common foot deformity present at birth that causes the front half of the foot to turn inward. This condition can be flexible, meaning Read More

• posted: Jul. 24, 2013
• adult cavovarus foot,  cavovarus foot,  symptoms of cavovarus foot,  treatment for cavovarus foot

Adult cavovarus foot is the result of an imbalance of muscle forces, usually from motor sensory neuropathies. cerebral palsy, cerebral injury (stroke), anterior horn cell disease (spinal root injury), talar neck injury, and Read More

• posted: Jul. 24, 2013
• kohler's disease,  navicular bone problem,  pain in middle of foot,  tenderness in middle of foot

Kohler's Disease is a rare bone disorder of the foot found in children between the ages of 6 and 9, affecting boys more than girls. It was first described in Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2013
• emma watson,  emma watson and shoes,  emma watson bling ring,  emma watson foot injury,  emma watson shoes

Actress Emma Watson injured her foot on the set of Sofia Coppola's new movie The Bling Ring after a stiletto wearing extra put her heel through Watson's toe. Owie! Just another reason not Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2013
• forefoot pain,  freiberg's disease,  symptoms of freiberg's disease,  treatment for freiberg's disease

  Freiberg's Disease is a painful condition that affects the second metatarsal head. This is the bony knuckle in the ball of the foot behind the second toe. It can also Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2013
• extra toe,  extra toes,  polydactyl,  treatment for polydactyl,  what is polydactyl

  Polydactyl is a deformity present at birth, when the baby is born with extra fingers or toes. It usually occurs in single duplication, meaning just one extra digit. Associated anomalies include Read More

• posted: Jul. 18, 2013
• ray lewis,  ray lewis bows out of climb,  ray lewis foot,  ray lewis foot problem,  ray lewis mt kilimanjaro,  tacklekili

Former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Lewis was in Tanzania with former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris and Douglas Pitt, Brad Pitt's brother, who also serves as the goodwill ambassador Read More

• posted: Jul. 10, 2013
• cause of trevor's disease,  lesion in ankle,  symptoms of trevor's disease,  trevor's disease

Trevor's Disease is an extremely rare congenital bone developmental disorder that occurs in one case per million. It is three times more common in males than females. This disease is characterized by Read More

• posted: Jul. 10, 2013
• baby's toe curls,  child's toe curls,  curly toe,  curly toe symptoms,  curly toe treatment,  what is curly toe

Your child may have been born with curly toe, which describes a toe with a flexion contracture, which causes the toe to flex and bend under the adjacent toe. The deformity Read More

• posted: Jul. 10, 2013
• elephantiasis,  podoconiosis,  soil-born disease,  tropical lymphedema

In this country, it's likely you've never heard of podoconiosis before. Podoconiosis is a disease of the lymph vessels of the lower extremities that is caused by chronic exposure to irritant soils. It Read More

• posted: Jul. 02, 2013
• mark harper broken foot,  mark harper crutches,  mark harper fall off table,  mark harper minister,  mark harper table dancing,  mark harper tory

Sometimes you would think supposedly intelligent people would know better. Then you think to yourself, "Nah. They're just as lame as the rest of us." British Tory minister Mark Harper broke Read More