Your feet are the foundation of your entire body, supporting you when you stand, walk and run. But when your feet are functioning poorly, signs and symptoms of altered biomechanics usually result in pain, instability, and poor performance. The good news is that a custom-made orthotic from Clark Podiatry Center can relieve your chronic foot pain by…
Biofreeze is a topical analgesic that is an integral part of the treatment necessary to getting you out of pain and back to running and playing your sport. Clark Podiatry Center is a distributor for Biofreeze and makes the products easily available to both patients and non-patients alike. Just give us a call at 732-382-3470,…
For New Jerseyans, the cost of diabetes has never been greater. Not only does the disease cause detriment to the well-being of New Jersey’s citizens, it also puts a tremendous financial burden on the state. More than 625,000 people in New Jersey suffer from diabetes, and the total cost of diabetes in the state exceeds…
If you are one of the millions of Americans that suffer from chronic heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis, then you know just how unpleasant this very common foot condition can be. Plantar fasciitis is the most common form of heel pain, and it occurs when the long, flat ligament on the bottom of the foot stretches…
Heel pain. Miserable when you first stand up getting out of bed in the morning or when getting out of the car after driving home at the end of the work day. Or even after you’ve been sitting down for a few minutes and stand up. This symptom is known as post static dyskinesia, a very…
Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma CIty Thunder and the reigning MVP of the NBA will be out for a minimum of 6-8 weeks after suffering a fracture of the 5th metatarsal bone of his right foot that will require surgical repair. This is a very common injury among basketball players and may indeed be the most common surgical…
With age, it’s not uncommon to experience pain and stiffness in your feet and ankles. Carefully monitoring your pain is important, however, as this noticeable discomfort could be an early indication of a more serious condition known as arthritis. Arthritis is a group of conditions that typically involves pain and inflammation in the joints. There…
Many have gone under the assumption that their bunions are caused by tight-fitting shoes, in particular the pointed-toe style of women’s dress shoes. There have been plenty of “reliable sources” reinforce this misconception. Men get bunions and wear more rounded toe styles; bunion deformities can be seen in children under the age of 10 who…
Summer has come and gone and with it the start of the school year and fall sports season. Soccer, football, dance classes, gymnastics classes are all in full swing. For some of the kids, however, it also means the onset of foot problems. Heel pain, blisters, warts, damaged and ingrown toenails, fractures, sprains & strains…
It seems like almost everybody has or knows somebody who has a foot problem: bunions, hammertoes, corns, calluses, ingrown toenails, heel pain, arch pain, warts, ingrown toenails, athlete’s foot, fungal toenails, tendonitis, arthritis, gout, neuromas and more. Many people “know” or think they know these problems were caused by things such as tight shoes, worn…
