Ortho Bullets Podcast - Tarsal Tunnel Cyndrome

The so called heel paine triad includes adult acquired flatfoot, plantar faciatis and tarsal tunnel cyndrome. Failure of the dynamic and static supports of the medial longitudinal arch increase traction on the tibial nerve. Entrapment can also occur as the nerve passes under the tendon of the extensor haliss brevis,. compression by underlying dorsal osteophites of the talo navicular joint or between the bases of the first and second metatarsals.