
Forefoot pain in active people has bone, tendon, fascia or nerve causes
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SPORTS MEDICINE
Forefoot pain in active people has bone, tendon, fascia or nerve causes
Wednesday 30 January 2019, 09:26 AM

Stress fracture and avascular bone, if long-standing, can sometimes be seen on x-ray
Transferring the body weight to the forefoot allows the athlete to drive off and accelerate, and repeated activity puts its structures under strain, with problems likely to cause pain
The differential diagnosis of pain in the toes was a subject covered last year (New Zealand Doctor, 7 November 2018), and in this issue we