Flat Feet in Children
Flat feet in children are common and usually flexible, often correcting with growth. When they need attention, the signs to watch and the treatments.
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Foot and ankle health guides by Dr. Luigi Manzi: bunions, heel pain, the Achilles tendon and minimally invasive foot surgery.
Flat Foot Surgery: How to Restore Foot Function
Flat foot surgery is considered when insoles and physiotherapy no longer control pain. The techniques, from tendon transfers to osteotomies, and the recovery.
How to Treat Flat Feet: Everything You Need to Know
Flat feet are a common condition in children and adults. Symptoms, causes, how to prevent problems and how flat feet are treated, from insoles to surgery.
Achilles tendonitis surgery: when it is needed and how it works
Surgery for Achilles tendonitis is considered only when conservative treatment fails. The techniques, open and minimally invasive, and the recovery times.
What is Achilles tendonitis and how is it treated?
Achilles tendonitis is inflammation of the tendon that joins the calf muscles to the heel bone. The causes, the symptoms and treatments, from rest to surgery.
Heel Spur Surgery
Heel spur surgery is considered when pain persists despite insoles, exercises and other treatments. When it is advised, how it is performed and the recovery.
What is heel spur and how to get rid of it?
A heel spur is a bony growth on the underside of the heel bone, often linked to plantar fasciitis. What causes it, the symptoms and how it is treated.
Metatarsal Surgery: The Complete Guide
Metatarsal surgery corrects bunions, metatarsalgia, hammer toes and fractures of the long bones of the foot. The techniques, when it is needed and recovery.
Ankle Osteoarthritis Surgery: SmartHallux
Ankle osteoarthritis surgery is considered when cartilage wear causes pain: the options, from arthroscopy to fusion and ankle replacement, and recovery.
Treating Hallux Rigidus: How to Heal Your Big Toe
Treating hallux rigidus starts with stiff-soled shoes, insoles and anti-inflammatories; cheilectomy or fusion when the joint is worn. The options explained.
Hallux valgus causes and remedies: Everything you need to know
A bunion (hallux valgus) is a deformity of the first metatarsal and big toe. What causes it, from footwear to genetics, and remedies that can relieve pain.
Foot Surgery: A Focus on Brachymetatarsia
Foot surgery for brachymetatarsia lengthens the short metatarsal and restores the toe's alignment. How the operation works and what recovery involves.