Friday, March 20, 2009

Footballers ankle

This is a curious little development in the ankle of soccer players. In a couple of bones around the complex geometry of the ankle, a bone spur develops that can lead to pain when performing an instep kick. It is found right at the top of the instep. Why should this hurt? This spur can be right under the tendon that leads to the big toe. Perform an instep kick and the ball compresses the tendon onto this sharp little spur on the underlying bone, leading to pain. No one is really sure why this develops.

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