Bottom-of-Foot Pain: Why It Hurts and How to Treat It
When the bottom of your foot hurts when you walk, it can be caused by many things, from ill-fitting shoes to activities like long-distance running or walking.
When the bottom of your foot hurts when you walk, it can be caused by many things, from ill-fitting shoes to activities like long-distance running or walking.
Injuries of the knee resulting in damage to cartilage affect approximately 900,000 Americans annually, resulting in more than 200,000 surgical procedures.
That’s the question a team of Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve researchers tried to answer with a systematic review of the literature.
Previously, researchers thought that hip bursitis was the primary cause of lateral or side hip pain. Now, experts know that greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS) is a more accurate explanation. GTPS includes injury or wear and tear of the gluteal muscle tendons (tendinopathy), which may cause hip pain that worsens with movement.
Differences in the way muscles respond to stress could help explain why certain sports injuries are more common in women compared to men, and vice versa, new research suggests.