Greg Robinson Podiatrist

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  • Common foot and lower limb conditions treated
    • Achilles problems >
      • Achilles tendonitis / tendinopathy
    • Ankle problems >
      • Ankle sprain (Ankle instability)
    • Arch and Ball problems >
      • Flat feet / fallen arches (over pronation)
      • High arched foot / Pes Cavus
      • Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
      • Plantar Fasciitis (arch pain)
      • Sesamoiditis
    • Children - Common conditions affecting children - Osteochindrosis >
      • Osteochondrosis
      • Freiberg's Disease - Pain in the ball of the foot
      • Kohler's Disease - Pain in the navicular (bone near ankle)
      • Osgood-Schlatter Disease - Tenderness in the knees
      • Sever's Disease - Heel pain
      • Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome - Pain at the bottom of the kneecap
    • Common foot injuries >
      • Ankle sprain injuries (ankle instability)
      • Fractures
    • Deformities >
      • Bunions
      • Burrowing toe
      • Claw toe
      • Curly toe
      • Digital deformity
      • Flat feet / fallen arches (over pronation)
      • Hammer toes
      • Mallet toe
      • Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
      • Overriding and Underriding toes
      • Retracting toe
      • Tailors Bunion / bunionette
    • Diabetes and your feet
    • Diseases of your feet >
      • Arthritis >
        • Osteoarthritis
        • Rheumatoid arthritis
      • Freiberg's Disease - Pain in the ball of the foot
      • Gout / gouty arthritis
      • Kohler's Disease - Pain in the navicular (bone near ankle)
      • Raynaud's Disease
      • Sever's Disease - Heel pain
    • Forefoot pain >
      • Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
      • Neuroma / Mortons Neuroma
      • Sesamoiditis
    • Fungal problems >
      • Athlete's foot (Tinea pedis)
      • Fungal nails (Onychomycosis)
    • Geriatric foot care >
      • ​Foot care for seniors
    • Hip pain >
      • Trochanteric (hip) bursitis
    • Heel Pains >
      • Cracked heels / Heel fissures
      • Heel callus
      • Heel spur
      • Plantar Fasciitis (heel and arch pain)
    • Heel pain in adults >
      • Heel spur
      • Plantar Fasciitis (arch pain)
    • Heel pain in children >
      • Plantar Fasciitis (arch pain)
      • Sever's Disease - Heel pain
    • Knee pain/ injuries >
      • ITB - Iliotibial band syndrome
      • Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)
      • Patellofemoral pain syndrome (anterior knee pain, runner's knee)
    • Nail problems >
      • Black toenails
      • Ingrown toenails (Onychocryptosis)
      • Fungal nails (Onychomycosis)
      • Paronychia (infection of the skin around the toenail)
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pronation of the foot
    • Shin splints and shin pain
    • Skin problems >
      • Allergies
      • Athlete's foot (Tinea pedis)
      • Blisters
      • Burning feet
      • Callus (thickened skin) & Corns
      • Corns & Callus (thickened skin)
      • Cracked heels / Heel fissures
      • Paronychia (infection of the skin around the toenail)
      • Sweaty feet and Smelly feet
      • Swelling
      • Ulcers
      • Warts / Verrucae (plantar wart)
    • Stress fracture
    • Toe problems >
      • Bunions
      • Burrowing toe
      • Claw toe
      • Curly toe
      • Digital deformity
      • Hammer toes
      • Ingrown toenails (Onychocryptosis)
      • In-toeing and out-toeing
      • Mallet toe
      • Neuroma / Mortons Neuroma
      • Overriding and Underriding toes
      • Retracting toe
      • Subluxation
      • Tailors Bunion / bunionette
      • Turf toe
    • Vascular / Nerve problems >
      • Alcoholic neuropathy
      • Burning feet
      • Chilblains (cold feet)
      • Neuroma / Mortons Neuroma
      • Raynaud's Disease
      • Spasms
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Fractures

A broken (fractured) bone in the forefoot or in one of the toes is often painful but hardly ever disabling.
Often these injuries heal with no operative treatment.

There are two types of foot fractures: stress fractures and general bone fractures.

Stress fractures usually occur in the bones of the forefoot extending from the middle of the foot to the toes. Stress fractures are like small cracks in the bone surface. They can occur with sudden increases in exercise (such as walking or running for longer distances), inadequate training techniques or an alteration in surfaces.

Most other types of fractures extend through the bone.
They may be stable, in which there is no change in bone alignment or displaced, in which the bone ends no longer line up correctly.
Bone fractures usually result from trauma - dropping a heavy object on the foot or from a twisting injury.

Because of the complex structures in the foot, there are some other more specific types of fractures that can occur.

Common symptoms for any type of foot fracture include pain, swelling and sometimes bruising.

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