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This winter’s procedure, Edman said, included a ligament repair and the removal of some painful bone spurs in the ankle, which had limited not just his baserunning but his ability to bounce back and forth between the infield and the outfield.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
This was from a man who avoided the war with four student deferments and a medical deferment for bone spurs in his heel.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2025
This isn't the first time Lively has struggled with his right foot either, having missed nearly three months in 2024-25 and undergone surgery to remove bone spurs in July.
—Aaron Coloma, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The girl has a disorder that causes debilitating bone spurs throughout her body, requiring frequent operations and forcing her to use crutches or wheelchairs at times.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
This was from a man who avoided the war with four student deferments and a medical deferment for bone spurs in his heel.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2025
This isn't the first time Lively has struggled with his right foot either, having missed nearly three months in 2024-25 and undergone surgery to remove bone spurs in July.
—Aaron Coloma, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The girl has a disorder that causes debilitating bone spurs throughout her body, requiring frequent operations and forcing her to use crutches or wheelchairs at times.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Bone spur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone%20spur. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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bone spur
noun
variants
also bony spur
: a bony outgrowth : osteophyte
In addition to pain, osteoarthritis shows up as stiff joints, cracking sounds, inflammation and bone spurs.—Nathan Seppa, Science News
Nathan Seppa, Science News… he had bone spurs removed from the backs of both heels.—Leigh Montville, Sports Illustrated
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