Cuboid Syndrome

Cuboid syndrome is an injury that happens along the outside of the foot. An important bone there, the cuboid bone, acts as a pulley for a tendon (peroneus longus) as it wraps around the bone. The tendon comes down the outside of the ankle, so changes direction at the cuboid bone. When the peroneus longus muscle on the outside of the leg contracts, it is going to want to try and move the cuboid rather than use it as a pulley. The joints in the area are built to be very stable so the bone does

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