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What is Hallux Rigidus?

June 5, 2010

Hallux rigidus is often a problem with the great toe articulation of the feet. Hallux is the medical name for the large or big toe and rigidus means rigid, therefore hallux rigidus is a abnormal condition when the large toe articulation isn’t going to move. This joint is an essential articulation that a lot of [...]

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What is Podiatry?

May 29, 2010

The foot is a complicated structure with twenty six bones and many more tendons, muscles in addition to ligaments. To complicate that more, all of us weight bear on the feet and also put it into the dark as well as moist atmosphere of the shoe. Put this all jointly and there is no surprise [...]

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What up with the Weil Osteotomy?

May 28, 2010

The particular Weil Osteotomy is a approach which is used in feet surgery to treat problems involving the ball of the foot as well as lesser toes. It was first described by by Dr LS Weil. The osteotomy is the cutting of bone fragments, therefore the Weil osteotomy is a cut of a metatarsal bone [...]

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