If you have this pain on the outside of your foot near the cuboid bone, you might start worrying you have a cuboid stress fracture.
Cuboid stress fractures are rare.
In fact, cuboid stress fractures account for less than 1% of all the stress fractures that happen in the foot in athletes.
But there is something more common that can feel like a cuboid stress fracture.
Doctors call it “capsuloligamentous strain.”
How can a runner tell the difference between a cuboid stress fracture and this thing called capsuloligamentous strain?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc on the Run podcast.
View Details »If you have been running with a nagging aching pain on the outside of your foot, just in front of your ankle, you might think you have a cuboid stress fracture.
If you then get an x-ray of the foot and it shows a tiny little extra bone sitting just next to the cuboid, well that bone has a specific name and it is called an Os Peroneum.
Sometimes you can get pain from the Os Peroneum, sometimes you can get pain from the cuboid bone that’s right next to it.
If you’re a runner and you have os peroneum pain, how do you tell the difference from a cuboid stress fracture?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run podcast.
View Details »If you call me and you tell me, I think I have a cuboid stress fracture, the first thing I’d say is…pretty unlikely.
In fact, cuboid stress fractures are less than 1% of all the stress fractures that happen in the foot in athletes.
So they really are very rare.
One thing you can get that’s actually much more common is arthritis within the joint. That’s also pretty rare, but you can tell the difference.
How can a runner tell the difference between a cuboid stress fracture or calcaneocuboid joint arthritis?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run podcast.
View Details »“Subluxed Cuboid” is just a cuboid sitting slightly out of position.
Stress fracture of the cuboid is very different from a subluxed cuboid.
If you have this aching pain on the side of your foot, and you’ve been told maybe it’s “cuboid syndrome” or a “subluxed cuboid,” but it’s not getting better, you could have a thing called a cuboid stress fracture.
The reason you probably weren’t told it was a cuboid stress fracture is that, first of all, those are really rare. Cuboid stress fracture is less than 1% of all stress fractures in the foot.
If you’re a runner and you call me, say, “Hey, I really need to do a webcam call because I think I have a cuboid stress fracture,” the first thing I would think is…probably not.
But you might and, if you do, you do not want to ignore it because a cuboid stress fracture, when ignored, gets worse over time.
What’s the difference between a cuboid stress fracture and a subluxed cuboid, and how can you tell the difference if you’re a runner?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc on the Run podcast.
View Details »If you are a runner and you’ve had pain on the outside of your ankle or the outside of your foot, kind of near the heel you may have been told that you have peroneus longus tendinitis.
Sometimes peroneus longus tendinitis is the wrong diagnosis. You might actually have a cuboid stress fracture.
Which one’s worse?
Well, I’ll tell you that in terms of really destroying your ability to run, definitely an ignored cuboid stress fracture is worse.
How can you tell the difference between a cuboid stress fracture and peroneus longus tendinitis?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »If you’re a runner who has been told that you have a cuboid stress fracture, you might be worried that there’s an actual crack in the bone.
A visible crack on x-ray is what I think of when I picture a truly fractured cuboid bone. There is a huge difference between a cuboid bone with a crack, vs. without a crack.
The cuboid bone is an irregular bone. It’s small, but it’s important. It sits right in between your heel bone and the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.
When you roll your ankle and your foot rolls under you, you can compress the cuboid and crack it.
Repeatedly compressing the cuboid can lead to a stress fracture in the bone.
What’s the difference between a cuboid stress fracture and a truly fractured cuboid bone?
Well, that’s what we’re talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.
View Details »If you are a runner and you get an aching pain on the top of the foot, and it’s not getting better, you might have this weird thing called a cuboid stress fracture.
Cuboid stress fractures are often misdiagnosed as an “ankle sprain” or “foot sprain.”
The cuboid bone is positioned in a way that it can get squished in between the other foot bones.
Cuboid stress fractures can cause a lot of trouble if you ignore it, because it can get worse and turn into an actual fracture.
Even worse, the weakened cuboid bone can get crushed completely if you ignore it.
Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we’re talking about cuboid stress fracture fundamentals for runners.
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