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Foot tendonitis (tendinitis) is inflammation or irritation of a tendon in your foot. Tendons are strong bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones. Overuse usually causes foot tendonitis, but it can also be the result of an injury

Tendinitis Symptoms

Pain in a tendon that gets worse when you move.
Difficulty moving the joint.
Feeling a grating or crackling in the tendon.
Swelling, sometimes with heat or redness

Tendinitis Treatment

Corticosteroid injections: Corticosteroids (often called “steroids”) are often used because they work quickly to decrease the inflammation and pain.

Surgery: This is rarely For severe problems that do not respond to other treatments.

Your feet contain many tendons. Tendonitis can affect any of them, but the most common include:

Achilles tendonitis: Affects the tendon connecting your calf muscle and heel bone. This tendon is the strongest tendon in the body. It helps us run, jump, walk and do other activities that require us to rise up on our toes.

Extensor tendonitis: Irritation of the tendon that runs along the top of your foot. These tendons attach bones at the front of your leg to your toes.

Peroneal tendonitis: Inflammation in either of the two tendons that run along your outer ankle bone. They connect to your midfoot and your arch to help with stability.

Posterior tibial tendonitis: Affects the tendon that connects your calf muscle to bones on the inside of your foot. These tendons help hold up the arch of your foot.

Common Foot & Ankle Conditions Treated at Manalapan, New Jersey Foot and Ankle

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