Health Articles

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Claw Toe

This is a common foot deformity. With it, one or more toes buckle and curl into a claw shape. Over time, a claw toe can become locked in this position. It can dig into the sole of your foot. You may have trouble finding comfortable shoes.

Bunionette Deformity (Tailor's Bunion)

This bony bump forms on the outer side of the foot at the base of the fifth toe. Like a traditional bunion, a bunionette can be sore and painful. The skin covering the bump can become red and irritated.

Total Hip Replacement (Margron)

This surgery replaces diseased and damaged portions of the hip with implants designed to restore function to the hip joint.

Total Hip Replacement (Ceramic on Ceramic)

During this procedure, your damaged hip joint is replaced with implants that recreate the ball and socket of a healthy hip. This can reduce pain and restore your hip function.

Adult Acquired Flatfoot

This is a collapse of your foot's arch. It happens over time, usually in just one foot but sometimes in both. As your arch collapses, the bones of your foot may gradually shift out of alignment. This can cause pain and other problems.

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)

This disease, one of the most common inherited neurological disorders, affects motor and sensory nerves throughout the body. It is usually not life-threatening, and rarely affects the brain.

Ankle Sprains

Ligaments are fibrous, elastic bands of tissue that connect and stabilize the bones. An ankle sprain is a common, painful injury that occurs when one or more of the ankle ligaments is stretched beyond the normal range of motion.

Accessory Navicular

An accessory navicular is an extra bone, joined to the navicular by fibrous tissue or cartilage, that can develop in certain people. This bone can cause pain, and may be susceptible to injury.

Bunion

This deformity affects the joint at the base of the big toe. It is a bony bump beneath the skin on the inner side of the foot. A bunion starts small, but over time it can grow to become very large. Bunions are more common in women.

Cavus Foot (High-Arched Foot)

This condition is an abnormally high arch of the foot that results in an excessive amount of body weight being directed to the ball and heel of the foot.

Ulnar Nerve Transposition at the Elbow

This outpatient procedure, performed under general or regional anesthesia, repositions the ulnar nerve to prevent it from sliding against or becoming pinched by the medial epicondyle (the bony bump on the inner side of the elbow). Ulnar nerve

Hammer Toe

This condition is a deformity in which a toe bends downward at the middle joint. The second toe is the one most likely to be affected, but this deformity can occur in other toes as well. Sometimes, more than one toe is affected.

Total Hip Replacement, MIS 2-incision

This procedure uses two small incisions to replace the diseased and damaged portion of the hip joint with implants.

Hallux Rigidus (Stiff Big Toe)

This condition, also known as hallux limitus, is a form of degenerative arthritis that affects the joint at the base of the big toe.

Total Hip Replacement (Smith Nephew)

This surgery replaces diseased and damaged portions of the hip with implants designed to restore function to the hip joint.

Diabetic Foot

This term is used to describe foot problems that stem from diabetes. These problems can be difficult to treat.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

This is a type of chronic, long-lasting, pain. In most cases, it develops in an arm or a leg that you have previously injured. With CRPS, you may have unexplained pain that won't go away. It may be severe, and it may spread.

Fracture of the Talus

This condition occurs when the talus, a bone that connects the foot and ankle, develops a fracture from a severe impact or fall.

Total Hip Replacement, Anterior Approach (Accolade®)

This surgery replaces diseased and damaged portions of the hip with implants designed to restore function to the hip joint.

Osgood-Schlatter Disease

This is a type of injury that causes knee pain in children. It's an inflammation of a growth plate in the tibia. Growth plates are places where new bone tissue forms. They are found in the long bones of growing children.