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5 Summer Foot Care Tips to Prevent Injury

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?

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?

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?

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...

Keep Plantar Warts Away (or Stop Them from Spreading!)

Keep Plantar Warts Away (or Stop Them from Spreading!)

Nobody wants plantar warts. We think that’s pretty much a given. At best, these viral growths are unsightly and embarrassing. At worst, they can actually cause you physical discomfort—or even outright pain—if they happen to be located in just the right spot where...

Looking for Remedies for Heel Pain? Try These.

Looking for Remedies for Heel Pain? Try These.

As much as you might wish it, persistent heel pain is very rarely something that you can make fully disappear via home remedies. But that doesn’t mean you can’t give yourself some help finding relief! That’s because heel pain is not a simple, single problem, but a...

Why Diabetic Foot Care Is Commitment

Why Diabetic Foot Care Is Commitment

November is Diabetes Awareness Month, but anyone who lives with this condition knows awareness is an everyday necessity. The effects of diabetes on the body can demand changes to people’s lives on a daily basis. Changes to diet. Changes to routine. So many things must...

Do I Really Need Surgery for My Bunion?

Do I Really Need Surgery for My Bunion?

Nobody likes to hear that they’re going to need surgery if they want their problem to get better. Even if you know that the end result is freedom from pain and a return to full activity, that doesn’t necessarily make the anxiety before the procedure any better—or the...

Athletic Foot Care for Kids

Athletic Foot Care for Kids

If you happen to be the parent of an active kid—or maybe more than one—you know there’s no slowing them down! Even if they’re not currently in the middle of a school or travel sports league, they’re no doubt still running and playing at full tilt, with their friends...