Do you experience ankle pain while walking? While running? Or maybe first thing in the morning when you wake up? Ankle pain can be caused by a myriad of things, and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Pain in the ankle can be caused by an injury, a medical condition, like arthritis, or from repetitive strain from walking, running, or jumping. Consequently, ankle pain can prevent you from the activiti ...

Spur /spƏr/ : a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider’s heel and used for urging a horse forward. A totally optional accessory, and questionably ethical. A heel spur? That’s a calcium deposit causing a tiny protrusion on the underside of the heel bone. Not fashionable, and can be painful. The good news? You may not need to rush to surgery to fix this problem bec ...

It shouldn’t be a surprise that the heel is highly susceptible to pain, given that it takes on the stress of roughly 1.25 times our body weight hundreds of times daily with each step, and 2.75 times when we run. The heel is designed to provide rigid support for our body weight, as well as absorbing the shock of the foot when we walk, run, skip, or jump, and it propels us forward into our next ...

Are you seeking relief from metatarsal pain? Are you wondering what part of the body that even refers to? Metatarsal pain is pain that occurs in the ball region of your foot (for more info check out our recent blog about “Metatarsalgia”). Metatarsal pain can be relieved by custom made orthotic inserts fully equipped with a metatarsal pad. Metatarsal pads help to relieve metatarsal pain b ...

Metatarsalgia, or metatarsal pain, is an umbrella term for pain felt in the metatarsal region of the foot (the ball or the top of your foot). Your foot is made up of a series of bones, starting at the ankle (tarsals), moving into your foot (metatarsals), and all the way to your toes (phalanges). Most often metatarsal pain is felt in the ball of the foot just behind the big and second toe ...

Are you feeling any pain or discomfort in your feet? The most common symptom we treat here at Vancouver Orthotics is foot pain. Foot pain can be felt in any area of your foot, but today we are going to discuss pain felt in the ball of your foot. When the bones in your foot (called metatarsals) are either injured, inflamed, or abnormal, you could experience sharp pain in the ball of your ...

You’ve been feeling a chronic pain in your heel, from the moment you wake up until you get into bed, and you think you may have Plantar Fasciitis. Other than wondering how to pronounce it (Plantar Fasci-whaaat?) you’re probably wondering how you can make this pain go away. Plantar Fasciitis is a very painful inflammatory condition caused by the excessive strain on the, you guessed it, pl ...

If you’ve experienced pain from bunions, chances are you’ve also dealt with its pinky-toed twin, bunionettes. No, we’re not talking about a banging new pop group, bunionettes, just like bunions, can cause serious pain and discomfort, and if not treated can seem crippling. A bunionette, historically called a Tailor’s Bunion, is a bump that develops on the outside of the foot, near the bas ...

So you have a bunion, and in between bursts of pain and discomfort you think, “I think I could get away with being a plaid-wearing lumberjack…” Unfortunately, that is the wrong “Bunyan.” A bunion is the enlargement of the bone and joint of the big toe, and it is often caused by the external irritation from footwear (high heeled or narrow shoes tend to cause a greater stress) or from part ...

Has your doctor ever told you have flat feet? Have you ever wondered if your flat feet were the underlying cause of any leg, foot, or back pain you’ve been feeling? Flat feet, or Pes Planus, is a condition where the arch in your foot is lower than usual. This can occur because your arches did not fully develop during childhood, or from overpronation (when your foot rolls inward when standi ...