Studies of the horns, spikes, plates and clubs of dinosaurs could help settle a long-standing debate over their function ...

For nurses, servers, construction workers, and many others, work means a lot of time on the feet. Repeated motions can lead ...

A radiographer employed by a private hospital was so bad at her job she could not even X-ray a foot, a disciplinary hearing ...

Smitha Johny left colleagues astonished at her incompetence after joining North Downs Hospital in Surrey as a radiographer in ...

There are a lot of features to consider when searching for shoes, but “knowing your arch type is helpful for picking out the ...

Finally, cartilage, which covers the ends of your bones, acts as a shock absorber. When your foot strikes the ground, the ankle flexes (dorsiflexion, when your toes are pointed upwards ...

Bone spurs, or osteophytes, are small, bony growths that occur near damaged joints. Sometimes, they can appear on the top of the foot and become visible through the skin. A common cause of bone ...

The ankle joint is also called the tibiotalar joint. It’s where the shinbone (tibia) rests on top of a bone of the foot called the talus. Arthritis occurs when the smooth cartilage on the surface of ...

The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, running from the popliteal fossa just behind the knee down along the tibia and fibula, the major bones of the lower leg ... supplies blood to ...

The sciatic nerve supplies muscles on the back of your leg and bottom of your foot. Although this nerve is rarely permanently injured in most sports, repeated trauma can cause numbness ...

Two bones that should ultimately be separate and distinct don’t become so, retaining an inappropriate connection. This is the essence of a coalition: an abnormal union. With any appreciation of the ...