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Good Diabetic Wound Care Also Means Wound Prevention
A diabetic wound or ulcer is never something to treat flippantly. Without the proper treatment, such an injury can easily become much worse than it already is. Not only might an untreated wound widen or deepen, but the risk of infection is also significant. With...
How do I know if I need surgery?
You might not know what you’ve done to your ankle yet, but you know it wasn’t good. Pain? Swelling? Bruising? Difficulty flexing or bearing weight? None of it is good. Ankle injuries commonly fall into a few categories, but all of them have the same best...
Finding the Ankle Treatment You Need in Kansas City
We may never fully appreciate just how much our ankles do until something causes them pain. An ankle sprain, a fracture, or other injuries can make for a very challenging time. And while some cases can be mild enough to treat at home, you don’t want to underestimate...
Can Flip Flops and Bare Feet Cause Heel Pain?
In Kansas City, we need a lot of room for shoes in our closets! That’s the reality of living in a place where hot summers, frigid winters, and massive temperature swings are pretty much the norm all year long. And summer and early fall are definitely sandal time for a...
Foot Care Tips During Pregnancy
Pregnancy—and, of course, the parenthood that follows—will change your life in a million ways. This is true whether you’re anticipating your first child or you’ve already had several! Some of those changes are big, some are small, and many are things you never would...
5 Summer Foot Care Tips to Prevent Injury
Don’t Walk Around Barefoot (or In Flip Flops) All Day When you’re wearing proper footwear (more on that later), your feet will get a lot of extra support and shock absorption to deal with the daily stresses. Take the good shoes away, and muscles and bones have to...
Is It Finally Time for Reconstructive Foot Surgery?
How long has it been since you first noticed your foot starting to change its shape—or noticed that it just stopped working the way that it should? We’re not talking about the natural, normal, and gradual flattening and widening that happens with age or after a...
When Should I See the Doctor About My Ingrown Toenail?
Trust us on this one: you never, ever want to wait too long to visit us about your ingrown toenail. Unfortunately, we see it all the time. Several times per week, in fact. Patients walk in and their toes are absolutely throbbing in pain. Sometimes it’s so bad that...
Are My Shoes Going to Give Me Bunions?
It’s an age-old question—and certainly, one that must run through your mind, at least once in a while, right before you slip your feet into a pair of stilettos: Are my shoes going to give me bunions? Or, maybe, you’ve already moved beyond that question and straight...