
10 Facts about Forefoot pain (a.k.a. Metatarsalgia)
Learn more about forefoot pain, also known as metatarsalgia - what are the two main types, what causes it and what can be done to treat it.
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Learn more about forefoot pain, also known as metatarsalgia - what are the two main types, what causes it and what can be done to treat it.
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Bone stress injuries represent a progression of injuries that occur when the bones become overloaded from repetitive micro-trauma.
Tags: micro-trauma, running injury, stress fracture, bone strain
Fat pads are collections of closely packed fat cells encapsulated by a layer of fibrous tissue. They are quite vulnerable to injury and pain.
Tags: Hoffa's fat pad, knee pain, overuse injury, knee osteoarthritis
Shin splints is an enigmatic condition that broadly describes pain along the inside edge and/or the front of the shin bone. The medical name for this condition is Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome.
Tags: shin splints, shin pain, medial tibial stress syndrome
Osgood Schlatter’s disease is one of the most common causes of knee pain in the adolescent athlete. It is an overuse injury common in children who are highly active.
Tags: knee pain, adolescent athlete, growth spurt
“Runner’s knee” (or Patellofemoral pain syndrome) is one of the most common injuries afflicting the knees of active adults and adolescent. It describes diffuse pain, typically at the front of the knee, which is often worse in activities that load the knee joint.
Tags: knee pain, runner's knee, patellofemoral pain syndrome
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