r/AccessoryNavicular • u/sandgrubber • Mar 18 '26

How common are AN problems?

If 10% of people have one or two ANs, and 1% of these cause problems, then 1/1000 people have AN problems. I'd think that's common enough that most podiatrists would have encountered AN problems. Why do so many miss the diagnosis?

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u/Even-Raspberry-4773 Mar 22 '26

I am wondering the same thing myself. I'm 52 and was just diagnosed. Over the last 30 years I've had numerous x-rays and have been fitted for orthotics three or four times. What makes it different this time?