Stress Fractures

Repeated stress or trauma may cause a small crack or hairline fracture in a bone. This can be due to excessive muscle strain at the bony insertion of the muscle or due to trauma directly to the bone. Symptoms include localized tenderness, possible redness or swelling,  pain ranging from mild ache on weight bearing to…

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Tendinopathies

As for Achilles Tendinopathy, this condition refers to the inflammation of a muscle’s tendon, due to intrinsic or extrinsic causes resulting in tensile overload and injury. Poor biomechanics such as overpronation, limb length difference or joint malalignment  may cause increased traction or compression forces on the tendon which result in tissue damage. Systemic causes such…

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