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Preventing Foot Injuries at Home

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If you’re at risk for diabetes (or have already been diagnosed), understanding the importance of foot health becomes essential. This is because diabetes causes numerous complications that may impact a person with diabetes’s feet. Nerve damage (a.k.a. peripheral neuropathy) and poor blood circulation

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What Happens if You Fracture a Bone in Your Foot or Ankle?

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Health Implications of Smelly Feet

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If you are struggling with heel pain, you're certainly not alone, and even seemingly minor aches can become a big deal. Heel pain is one of the most common and most disruptive types of foot pain, and if left unaddressed, it often gets worse as the days and miles go by. Fortunately, a podiatrist can help

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5 Treatment Approaches for Tendon and Ligament Injuries in the Feet Your feet have an important job to do: they support you through your daily life and all your physical activities. To do so, they have many different components, including the tendons and ligaments. Your tendons connect your muscles to

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Conditions Affecting the Skin of the Feet Skin conditions can be very uncomfortable, especially in hard-to-manage areas like the feet. Podiatrists specialize in caring for all conditions that affect the feet, including those of the skin. In today's newsletter, we'll examine some of the most common skin

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7 Tips for Preventing Sports Injuries in Your Lower Limbs While some people play sports all year, there is typically a spike in physical activity during the warmer months. Unfortunately, this leads to a spike in sports injuries. The good news is you can significantly lower your risk of such an injury

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If you have ever flown on a long-haul flight, the airlines sometimes provide compression socks to prevent your sweet feet from swelling. However, you may have chronically swollen feet for other reasons that will require a podiatrist’s help. There are several underlying medical ailments or injuries

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A nail injury can have a tremendous impact on your ability to move and, therefore, require you to significantly alter your daily routine, even if it is only temporary. An injury to your toenail can arise from choosing poor-fitting footwear (which leads to repetitive trauma), biomechanical issues (i.e.,

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Metatarsal fractures are a very common foot injury. Metatarsals are the bones that run from the mid-foot to the toes. Although fractures in these bones aren't the worst type of foot injury, they can still be very painful and worsen with time when left untreated. This month, we'll dive deeper into metatarsal

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The sesamoid bones are small, rounded bones typically found embedded within certain tendons and joint capsules. Unlike most other bones in the human body that connect via joints, sesamoid bones are located within soft tissue and offer protection and leverage to the surrounding soft tissue without directly

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Osteoarthritis refers to a type of degenerative disorder that involves the breakdown of cartilage, the tissue cushioning the end of your bones that form many of the joints in your body that allow you to move freely. Osteoarthritis, which typically develops as a function of aging, creates joint inflammation

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Winter time is an especially challenging time for people with diabetes. Cold temperatures present a host of new problems for those with pre-existing health conditions. Risk increases for everything from injuries to infections, so it's vital to be prepared. In this month’s newsletter, we'll go over

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The calcaneus or heel bone, which forms the base of the rearfoot, is the largest in the foot. The heel bone makes direct contact with the ground when standing or walking, so it plays a vital role in supporting one’s body weight as it helps to transmit and transfer forces when standing or in motion. The

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Tarsal tunnel syndrome – also known as TTS, refers to a condition involving a tibial nerve irritation or compression as the nerve passes through the tarsal tunnel - a tight and limited space located on the inner side of each ankle. Although it is the most commonly reported nerve entrapment issue related

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