Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a condition caused by repeated pressure that results in damage on the posterior tibial nerve. Your tibial nerve branches off of the sciatic nerve and is found near your ankle ...

Any condition that produces compression or squeezing of the posterior tibial nerve within the tarsal tunnel causes tarsal tunnel syndrome. Tarsal tunnel syndrome is a result of compression of the ...

Typical features of tarsal tunnel syndrome include burning or tingling sensation, numbness, aching, sharp, electric type of radiating pain along the posterior tibial nerve. Patients with tarsal tunnel ...

A healthy, 39-year-old man who works at construction sites arrived with a 1-year history of “electric shocks” in his right foot whenever he wore his work boots. This was initially attributed to ...

Feeling from your knee down is relayed to your brain by the tibial nerve. This nerve is also responsible for sending messages from your brain down to your lower leg. The tibial nerve stems from your ...

When it comes to numbness or burning on the bottom of your feet, this could happen for a few reasons. However, we are going to focus on a specific cause: tarsal tunnel syndrome. The tarsal tunnel is a ...

Q: I have recently been diagnosed with Tarsal tunnel syndrome in both feet. I already wear hard orthotics. What can I do to help this problem ? I'm a big runner at 200 lbs. and I run 1500 miles a year ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is very important to correctly diagnose in the foot and ankle as it mimics other conditions of the foot—tarsal tunnel syndrome. Tarsal tunnel syndrome ...