There’s still time to surprise your loved ones with helpful foot gifts before the end of the year. Focus on comfort, convenience, and care.
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Now is the time to make healthy decisions about your weight. If you are overweight, you increase your risk of receiving a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
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Bunions are a progressive toe deformity, which means the deformity will continue to worsen. However, not every patient will experience discomfort. When you have decided your bunions are becoming a bother, give us a call.
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Did you know that September is Falls Prevention Awareness Month? About 1 in 4 older Americans fall each year in the United States. These accidents are the leading cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries for adults over the age of 65.
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If you don’t remember the last time you took a close look at your skin, set some time aside. It’s another recommendation for healthy foot hygiene. It will also alert you to any changes.
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If your foot and ankle pain require a little more than one visit to our office, here are some of the advanced treatments that can help with your pain and discomfort.
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Here are three things to consider about your foot and ankle health while slowly — and safely — returning to normalcy.
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Skipping a few steps before exercising can lead to injuries or discomfort. These pre-workout tips can prepare your body for a workout.
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We’re in a fight to help ‘flatten the curve’. One of the ways we do so is by providing an option for our patients to connect with us through telemedicine, or video visits.
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You may have noticed a few changes to our website, but it’s official: We are The Center for Podiatric Care and Sports Medicine.
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During the first quarter of this new year we want to remind you of how quickly things can change with your feet and ways to stay on top of healthy habits.
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Many conservative or non-invasive treatments can help relieve pain and slow a bunion’s growth, but if these methods have not alleviated your pain or helped with walking we will discuss surgical options with you.
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For those unused to exercising, it’s very important to get your doctor’s approval and to start slowly to avoid injury. One common overuse injury among athletes who try to do too much too soon is heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis.
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If you notice that one or more of your smaller toes are bending up at the middle joint, you may have a hammertoe. This deformity is caused by a muscle and ligament imbalance in the toe joint.
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Your feet are the foundation of your body. Most days we take them for granted, but healthy feet are what enable you to stand, walk, run, work, shop and do most every other activity.
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A bunion is a bump that forms on the outside of your big toe that can be painful and is usually the result of wearing tight-fitting shoes.
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Athletes’ foot is a fungal condition that can cause blisters and itchy flaky skin on the foot.
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The Achilles tendon is a strong fibrous cord that connects the muscles in the back of your leg to your heel bone. Damage it and you seriously hinder your ability to walk or run.
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Do your heels often hurt throughout the day? Does every step seem more painful than the last? Heel pain is often used as a more colloquial term for a very common foot condition known as plantar fasciitis.
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Foot orthotics are custom shoe inserts that are molded specifically to the shape of your foot. They fill in the space between the sole of your shoe and the bottom of your foot, which is created by the natural contour of your foot.
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