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  • Achilles tendon pathology

    Regardless of whether you have experienced a trauma, or an overload through excessive exercise, pain can also arise spontaneously in or around the Achilles tendon.

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  • Quintus superductus

    This is a deformity, often already present at birth, in which a partial dislocation in the metatarsophalangeal joint of the little toe occurs.

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  • Morton’s neuroma

    This can generally be described as an irritation and/or swelling of the sensory nerve that branches near the heads of the metatarsal bones.

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  • Metatarsalgia

    Metatarsalgia can be literally translated as pain under the metatarsal (= metatarsal bones) heads.

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  • Hammer toes

    Malformations of the second to the fifth toe are very frequent.

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  • Hallux varus

    The term “hallux” refers to “big toe”.

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  • Hallux valgus

    The term “hallux” refers to “big toe”. Once the big toe deviates from its straight axis, and increasingly points in the direction of the little toe, we speak of a “valgus” deviation.

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  • Hallux rigidus

    The term “hallux” means “big toe”. When the big toe shows a loss of mobility in the upward and downward movement, it will produce a kind of stiffness at the level of the first metatarsal joint, which is called “rigidus”.

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  • Combination of Hallux valgus and Metatarsalgia

    Three groups should be distinguished:

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  • Bunionette or Tailor’s bunion

    This can be considered as the counterpart of a hallux valgus, but on the outside of the foot.

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