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Nobody ever talks about pes anserinus pain, but it’s a real thing that people regularly have unnecessary surgery for. The Pes Anserinus is located on the inside of your knee, just below your joint line. It is a fluid-filled sac, not unlike the hip bursa, and you should be treating it pretty much exactly the same way. Pes anserinus is Latin for goose's foot - it actually does look like a goose's foot during dissection. It is a spot on your bone where three muscles, the gracili

What to do about Achilles Tendonitis and Plantar Fasciitis At least once a week someone asks me about what to do about their heel pain - and by heel pain I mean either plantar fasciitis or Achilles pain. Yes, they're different, but the underlying problem is usually the same. At the very least their solution is nearly identical. Let's start by going over calf anatomy: the gastrocnemius and the soleus come together to form the Achilles tendon and attach onto the heel - called t

Preventing Falls On The Ice - 3 ½ Exercises Now that we are finally starting to get some snow, I thought it may be a good idea to provide you some exercises that can prevent slipping on ice. Or, at the very least, soften the blow when you run into the inevitable ice patch. These are exercises that I give to most of my patients once it starts getting cold. My entire career I have been rehabbing snow mishaps - I've seen broken ankles, broken wrists, and broken hips - all of tho

Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome You may not be familiar with this term, but it is a catch-all term for a group of conditions affecting the side of the hip. Some of the most common diagnoses that fall into this syndrome are trochanteric bursitis, external snapping hip (coxa saltrans), IT band syndrome, glut med tendonitis/tear, and sometimes piriformis syndrome. This shouldn't be confused with gunslingers syndrome (which really isn't as cool as it sounds). The problem with