What Can Go Wrong With Your Feet As You Age

Sources Medically Reviewed on 12/12/2019 Reviewed by Gabriela Pichardo on December 12, 2019
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SOURCES:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: “Stress Fractures,” “Morton's Neuroma,” “Achilles Tendinitis,” “Osteoarthritis,” “Plantar Fasciitis and Bone Spurs.”
American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons: “Hammertoe,” “Is Your Foot Fracture an Early Sign of Osteoporosis?” “Morton's Neuroma (Intermetatarsal Neuroma),” “Achilles Tendon Disorders,” “Bursitis,” “Bunions.”
Arthritis Foundation: “Osteoporosis Treatment,” “What is Gout?” “What is Osteoarthritis?” “Osteoarthritis Causes,” “Arthritis & Diseases that Affect the Foot.”
American Family Physician: “Common Conditions of the Achilles Tendon.”
American Podiatric Medical Association: “Tendinitis.”
Cedars Sinai: “Bone Spurs.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Hammertoes,” “Stress Fractures,” “Bone Spurs.”
Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health: “Evolutionary Medicine: Why do humans get bunions?”
College of Podiatry: “Ageing Feet.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “Why your feet get bigger as you age,” “Are you at risk for gout?”
Health In Aging Foundation: “Foot Problems.”
Hospital for Special Surgery: “Gout: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment.”
InformedHealth.org: “Bunions: Overview.”
Institute for Preventive Foot Health: “Bursitis.”
International Orthopaedics: “Stress fractures in elderly patients.”
International Osteoporosis Foundation: “Treating Osteoporosis.”
Mayo Clinic: “Hammertoe and mallet toe,” “Osteoporosis treatment: Medications can help,” “Gout,” “Peripheral neuropathy,” “Achilles tendinitis,” “Arthritis,” “Plantar fasciitis.”
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: “Peripheral Neuropathy Fact Sheet.”
Orthopaedic Pathology (Fifth Edition), 2010: “Morton's Neuroma.”
PM&R: “Risk Factors for Plantar Fasciitis Among Assembly Plant Workers.”
StatPearls: “Morton Neuroma.”
UCLA Health: “Coping with the changes your feet undergo as you age.”
University of Rochester Medical Center: “Understanding Bone Spurs.”
Reviewed by Gabriela Pichardo on December 12, 2019
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