Fibularis brevis

Looks like

A muscle on the outer lower leg, from the fibula to the base of the little toe's foot bone.

What it does

Turns the sole outward and points the foot down.

Keeping it well

Tendon tears follow ankle sprains; pain at the base of the fifth toe bone needs an X-ray.

Related conditions

• Achilles tendon rupture
• Botulism
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Compartment syndrome
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Growing pains
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Lymphangitis
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Restless legs syndrome
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Superficial thrombophlebitis
• Tetanus
• Varicose veins
• Venomous snakebite