Preventing and Treating Bunions Bunions are one of the most common reasons people seek podiatric care. Even when they don’t hurt, they can be inconvenient, and often, they are not only sore but also negatively affect other parts of the foot. Bunions can have various causes and they aren’t always

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How High Blood Sugar Affects the Feet One of a podiatrist’s most important jobs is providing regular care to people with diabetes. Although elevated blood sugar impacts the entire body, the lower limbs are especially vulnerable. Diabetes is a common disease, present in tens of millions of Americans

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Nearly every online vendor is going to claim that their shoes are the superior option for your health. You may understandably have some difficulty knowing what to believe, or whether you should be getting new shoes at all. What exactly you need will depend on your specific health history and what activities

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Preventing and Treating Stress Fractures Stress fractures are a common chronic injury in the feet. They most often happen in athletes, but people are at increased vulnerability for them if they have diminished blood flow to their lower limbs or nutritional deficits. The good news is that stress fractures

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Bursitis in the Heel Bursitis is a common type of overuse injury. Often, when people think of it, they associate it with pain in the shoulder or hips. But there are bursae in the feet as well, and when they become inflamed, they may become painful to even touch, let alone support a runner. The good news

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Particular Common Sports Injuries Sports injuries are one of the most common reasons for people to seek the care of a podiatrist. Not only is it important to find pain relief, but professional guidance is often necessary to ensure injuries heal in a way that will allow an athlete to sustainably return

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Reasons for Chronic Foot Pain Your feet do a lot of work. The twenty-six bones in each foot that carry you throughout life are not very large, and it takes a complex bundle of soft tissues to keep them in the right shape and well-supplied with nutrients. There are many reasons why something could go

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Why Flat Feet Matter and What to Do Flat feet are one of the most common phrases associated with podiatry. Everybody had them early in life, and most people develop foot arches naturally during childhood. Even some people who never develop foot arches can go for a long time without experiencing unpleasant

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Keeping Toenails Clean and Healthy Clipping your toenails is probably the most regular thing you do to care for your feet. If you suffer from a disease that causes you to have diminished feeling or blood flow in your limbs, this could be a difficult task, but an even more important one. Although the

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Keeping Toenails Clean and Healthy Clipping your toenails is probably the most regular thing you do to care for your feet. If you suffer from a disease that causes you to have diminished feeling or blood flow in your limbs, this could be a difficult task, but an even more important one. Although the

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Friction and Skin Problems Your feet have to be pretty tough to support you all day. Being constantly subjected to so much pressure, it’s no wonder that they tend to develop injuries from friction unless their skin gets thicker. But calluses and corns can have their own issues, and to some people,

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Arthritis in the Foot and Ankle Arthritis is a term that is used to describe over a hundred diseases characterized by joint inflammation. Being so broadly defined, it’s no surprise that it’s one of the most common reasons people experience pain and dysfunction in their feet and ankles. But although

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Arthritis in the Foot and Ankle Arthritis is a term that is used to describe over a hundred diseases characterized by joint inflammation. Being so broadly defined, it’s no surprise that it’s one of the most common reasons people experience pain and dysfunction in their feet and ankles. But although

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Treatment for Toenail Injuries Injuries to toenails are scary and painful. And with hospitals in many places struggling to accommodate demand, you may be worried about whether you will be able to get treatment if something happens to one of your nails that seems like too much for you to take care of

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Weakness in the Achilles Tendon The Achilles tendon is one of the strongest tendons in the body, but it is also among the ones subjected to the most wear. One of the most common reasons for people to seek the care of a podiatrist is that they are experiencing pain in the back of their foot and ankle,

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What is Gout? Of the many kinds of arthritis that affect the feet, the most identifiable is gout. Our experienced podiatrists are trained in a variety of treatments to provide pain relief to gout patients. However, long-term solutions are likely to require some changes in lifestyle. It is our hope that

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