The Foot & Ankle Medicine Journal A – Z
Please find below my index of foot-related information I have compiled. The intended use is for quick reference for my colleagues and patients. I hope that it provides benefit for you. I will intend to update this page on a semi-regular basis to keep pace with new research.
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A
- Accessory navicular
- Achilles insertional tendinopathy
- Achilles non-insertional tendinopathy
- Achilles tendon disorders
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Acute inflammation in the foot
- Adult acquired flatfoot deformity (AAFD)
- Adult consequences of paediatric foot disorders
- Adult-acquired flat-foot
- Amputation prevention in diabetes
- Angioleiomyoma of the foot
- Ankle arthritis
- Ankle fractures
- Ankle impingement
- Ankle instability – Chronic
- Ankle pain
- Ankle sprain
- Ankle sprain classification
- Ankle syndesmosis injury (high ankle sprain)
- Anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) rupture
- Arch pain
- Arch supports
- Arthroscopy of the foot & ankle
- Athlete’s foot
- Autism related foot & ankle disorders
- Surgery considerations for patients with asthma
- Surgery considerations for patients with autism spectrum disorder
B
- Back to school shoe shopping tips
- Ballet injuries of the foot & ankle
- Barefoot running
- Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
- Basketball injuries of the foot & ankle
- Benfothiamine for neuropathy
- Biopsy
- Black toenails
- Blister prevention
- Bone healing
- Bone infection in the foot
- Bone tumours in the foot
- Botox for foot disorders
- Brachymetatarsia
- Brodsky classification for Charcot arthropathy
- Broken ankle
- Broken foot
- Bunions
- Bursitis
C
- Calcaneal apophysitis (Sever’s disease)
- Calcaneal fracture (heel fracture)
- Calf pain
- Callus
- Can I drive after breaking my foot?
- Can I drive after foot surgery?
- Can I drive after my cortisone injection?
- Capsulitis of the second toe
- Cellulitis
- Charcot foot
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease
- Chemotherapy-induced foot problems
- Childhood obesity and foot pain
- Children’s feet
- Chronic ankle instability (CAI)
- Classic Articles
- Clinodactyly
- Clubfoot
- Coleman block test
- Common causes of foot pain in children
- Common foot x-ray measurements
- Compartment syndrome
- Complex dermatitis
- Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)
- Computed Tomography (CT) for your feet
- Corns
- Cortisone injections
- Cortisone injections: what are the benefits and risks?
- Cosmetic foot surgery
- Coughlin & Shurnas classification system for hallux rigidus
- COVID toes
- Cracked heels
- Curettage for warts
- Custom foot orthotics
- High arched foot (pes cavus)
- How do I use my crutches?
- Why do I have cold feet?
D
- Dance injuries of the foot & ankle
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Dermatitis
- Diabetes complications and amputation prevention
- Diabetes foot care guidelines
- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN)
- Diabetic shoes
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
- Do’s and Don’ts of ingrown toenails
- Dorsal osseous compression syndrome (DOCS)
- Drop foot
- Dry heels
- Dry needling
E
F
- Fallen arches
- Field hockey injuries of the foot & ankle
- Fifth metatarsal fracture
- First metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis
- Five signs your child may have a foot problem
- Flexible flatfoot
- Foot arthritis
- Foot hygiene advice
- Foot injuries in olympic athletes
- Foot mobilisation
- Foot odour
- Foot rash
- Foot ulcer
- Football injuries of the foot & ankle
- Forestier’s disease
- Fractured toe
- Freiberg’s infarction
- Frostbite
- Fungal nails
- Paediatric flatfoot
- The Fenton classification system for cuboid fractures
G
- Ganglion
- Gangrene
- Gastrocnemius recession (calf release)
- Golf injuries of the foot & ankle
- Gout
- The Gustilo-Anderson classification for open fractures
H
- Calcaneal fracture (heel fracture)
- Haglund’s deformity
- Hallux rigidus
- Hallux valgus
- Hammertoes
- Hardcastle & Myerson classification for Lisfranc injuries
- Hawkins classification for talar fractures
- Heel pain
- Hepple MRI staging classification for osteochondral lesions of the talus
- High arched foot (pes cavus)
- High heeled shoes and foot problems
- How can I prepare my feet for a marathon?
- How do I choose a pair of supportive shoes?
- How do I get a piece of broken glass out of my foot?
- How do I improve my foot health?
- How to spot children’s foot problems
- I am concerned with my child’s feet. What should I do?
- Surgery considerations for patients with high blood pressure
- The Herscovici classification for medial malleolar fractures
I
- In-toeing
- Ingrown toenails
- Ingrown toenails in children
- Instep fasciotomy (plantar fasciitis surgery)
- Intermetatarsal neuroma
- Iontophoresis
- Is foot pain affecting your golf swing?
J
K
L
- Lacrosse injuries of the foot & ankle
- Lapidus procedure
- Laser for foot pain
- Laser for nail fungus
- Lauge-Hansen classification system for ankle fractures
- Lawnmower injuries of the foot & ankle
- Lewis Durlacher
- Lichen planus
- Lisfranc injury
M
- Malignant melanoma of the foot
- Merton Root
- Metatarsus adductus
- Midfoot arthritis
- Minimally-invasive (keyhole) foot surgery
- Morton’s neuroma
- MRI of your feet
- MRSA infection of the foot
- Multiple sclerosis and your feet
N
- Necrotising fasciitis of the foot
- Nerve injuries of the foot
- Netball injuries of the foot & ankle
- Nutcracker fracture
- Why are my feet numb?
O
P
- How can you prevent falls in the elderly?
- How does pregnancy affect your feet?
- Parkinson’s disease
- Paronychia
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Peroneal tendon injuries
- Peroneal tendon instability
- Physiotherapy for foot injuries
- Plantar fasciitis
- Plantar fasciitis – what happens at a cellular level?
- Plantar fibroma
- Plantar fibromatosis
- Plantar plate tear
- Plantar vein thrombosis
- Plantar wart
- Platelet-rich plasma therapy and feet
- Podiatric surgery integration
- Polydactyly
- Polymetatarsia
- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
- Pott’s fracture
- Preventing infection in foot and ankle surgery
- Progressive collapsing flatfoot deformity
- Progressive collapsing flatfoot deformity – Classification system
- Prolotherapy
- Pseudo-gout
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Psoriatic nails
- Puncture wounds of the foot
- Surgery considerations for patients with Parkinson’s disease
- What is a podiatric surgeon?
- What is a podiatrist?
- When is it time to see a podiatrist?
R
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- Rehabilitation for foot injuries
- Restless leg syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis and the foot
- RICE protocol
- Root theory
- Running injuries of the foot & ankle
- Surgery considerations for patients with renal disease
- The Ruedi & Allgower classification system for tibial plafond fractures
S
- Calcaneal apophysitis (Sever’s disease)
- How does smoking affect your feet?
- Sagittal plane theory
- Salter-Harris classification for growth plate fractures
- Sanders classification for calcaneal fractures
- Sangeorzan classification of navicular body fractures
- Scintigraphy (bone scan) for feet
- Septic arthritis
- Sesamoid injuries
- Shin splints
- Shockwave therapy
- Silfverskiold test
- Simmonds test
- Sinus tarsi syndrome
- Skew foot
- Skin cancer of the foot
- Smillie’s classification for Freiberg’s infarction
- Smoking & your feet
- Snake bites on the foot
- Soccer injuries of the foot & ankle
- SPECT-CT for feet
- Spider bites on the foot
- Spindle cell lipoma of the foot
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Staph infections of the foot
- Stem cell treatment
- Strength training of the foot and ankle
- Stress fractures
- Subtalar joint arthrodesis
- Subtalar joint implants for flat feet
- Subungual haematoma
- Surgery considerations for paralysed patients
- Surgery considerations for patients with asthma
- Surgery considerations for patients with autism spectrum disorder
- Surgery considerations for patients with dementia
- Surgery considerations for patients with diabetes
- Surgery considerations for patients with high blood pressure
- Surgery considerations for patients with Parkinson’s disease
- Surgery considerations for patients with renal disease
- Surgery considerations for the patient with a substance abuse history
- Sweaty feet
- Swift microwave treatment for warts
- Swollen feet and ankles
- Synovial sarcoma
- Synovitis
T
- Tailor’s bunion
- Takakura classification for ankle arthritis
- Talar dome lesion
- Tarsal coalition
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Tennis injuries of the foot & ankle
- Thick toenails
- Tibialis anterior tendinopathy
- Tillaux fracture
- Tinel’s sign
- Tingly feet
- Tired feet
- Tissue stress theory
- Toe walking
- Torg classification for fifth metatarsal fractures
- Turf toe
U
V
W
- Wagner classification system for diabetic foot ulcers
- Webbed toes
- Weber classification for fibular fractures
- What do your toenails say about your health?
- When is it time to see a foot & ankle surgeon?
- When should I worry about my child’s foot pain?
- White toenails
- Why does my heel hurt?
- Why won’t my ankle sprain heal?
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