Plantar Plate tears are an often overlooked and misdiagnosed sports injury. We assume competence in our doctors ability to critically think and accurately diagnose are condition. In this case not only did the doctor misdiagnose the torn plantar plate but missed 2 stress fractures in this patients [...]
Pain in the Ball of the Foot = Metatarsalgia Pain in the ball of your foot is usually referred to as “Metatarsalgia”. In Latin, the word Metatarsal is used to describe the region of the foot that is equivalent to the palm of your hand. The suffix “algia” simply means pain. So the word Metatarsalgia [...]
Metatarsalgia = Pain in the Metatarsal Region I am a 20ish or so mi/wk runner-two 5 milers during week and long run on weekend. I have suffered metatarsalgia for some time now. I usually run through pain. Recently due to increased pain and burning in tip of 2nd toe, I was forced to seek medical ca [...]
Dr. Allen I was hopin
