TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND TORONTO CHIROPODIST DISCUSSES KELLY OSBOURE'S BROKEN FOOT

STAR KELLY OSBOURNE, HOST OF 'FASHION POLICE' SAID SHE HAD A SERIOUS FOOT INJURY BUT WASN'T SURE WHAT CAUSED IT.  HER DOCTOR FINALLY CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS OVERWORKING ON THE TREADMILL AT HER GYM AND THAT CAUSED A STRESS FRACTURE.  SHE SAID THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR A CAST AND INSTEAD IS WEARING A SPECIAL BOOT THROUGH THE HEALING PROCESS.  SHE ALSO HAS FLAT FEET (PES PLANUS) AND BUNIONS.

OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CASES OF STRESS FRACTURE IN OUR CLINIC.  THEY ARE TYPICALLY HARD TO PICK UP ON NORMAL RADIOGRAPHS AND USUALLY REQUIRE AN MRI FOR DIAGNOSIS.  ONCE DIAGNOSED THEY ARE TREATED AS ANY OTHER FRACTURE AND REQUIRE IMMOBILIZATION BY CASTING AS WELL AS REST.  STRESS FRACTURES ARE RELATIVELY COMMON AND ARE USUALLY A RESULT OF OVERUSE AND HIGH IMPACT SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES. OSTEOPOROSIS CAN ALSO BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WHICH OCCURS PREDOMINATELY IN FEMALES.  IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING FOOT PAIN HAVE IT CHECKED OUT BY A FOOT SPECIALIST.  EITHER A CHIROPODIST OR PODIATRIST.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.