Cuboid Syndrome

The biomechanics of the foot is amazingly intricate. It is a collection of bone that are acted on by the muscles and tendons from the leg. Some of the bones act as pulleys or levers for these tendons. One of these is the cuboid bone located on the outside of the foot about half way down. The bone acts as a pulley for the peroneus longus tendon as it changes direction at the bone. As the peroneus longus is a powerful muscle, this small bone obviously has to be very stable in order for it to do

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