Could Cuboid Syndrome Be The Source Of Your Foot Pain? | Dr. Lance Silverman

CUBOID SYNDROME LINKS- an often overlooked consequence of inversion ankle sprains is the “cuboid eversion lesion”. This functional pathological reaction to a fast overstretching of the Peroneus longus can leave the muscle in a reactive state of spasm which can fixate the cuboid in an everted position. This can be identified through palpation of a “dropped cuboid” relative to the calcaneus and can even be seen on 3D CT scans as a incongruent line between the calcaneus-cuboid-5th metatarsal. This

Cuboid syndrome is a condition caused by an injury to the joint and ligaments surrounding the cuboid bone. The cuboid bone is one of the seven tarsal bones in the foot, manipulation can be a very effect part of the treatment process, but shouldn’t be incorporated with exercise rehab and not as a stand-alone. Cuboid syndrome causes pain on the lateral side of the foot which is the side of the little toe. A person often feels pain around the middle of the foot, or at the base of the fourth and fif