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When your children participate in sports, it can help them develop physically and socially. It’s a great way to keep them physically active, but it also comes with risks of injury. In particular, for children ages 9 to 14, Sever’s Disease can affect their growing heel bones. This disease, also known as calcaneal apophysitis, is usually brought on…
Morton’s Neuroma: What is it and How to Stop the Pain
A neuroma is a thickening of nerve tissue that can develop in various parts of your body. In the foot, the most common occurring neuroma develops at the base of the third and fourth toes. This condition is referred to as Morton’s neuroma. There are typically no physical signs of Morton’s neuroma, such as a lump or…
Shin Splints: How to Ease Your Lower Leg Pain
Although a shin splint is commonly used to describe various pains between the ankle and the knee, it actually refers to a specific inflammatory condition of the tibia — a condition called medial tibial stress syndrome. A type of “overuse injury” to the legs, the most common causes of shin splints include excessive running, poor…
Is It Broken?
A patient presented this morning after injuring her ankle the other day, having slipped on some ice. While she was fortunate in that nothing appears to have been broken, people are often caught trying to decide on their own whether they’ve broken a bone or not, using that information to determine whether to seek professional…
“Ask Me 3”
The National Patient Safety Foundation (npsf.org) promotes an “Ask Me 3” campaign regarding patient education. Patients should understand the answers to the following 3 questions: 1. What is my main problem? 2. What do I need to do? 3. Why is it important for me to do this? By all means, when you come to…
Counting Our Blessings
2013 has been a most interesting year, amazing that it has passed so quickly. For some, this has been a blessing in its own right–starting the year off with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and the tragedy at Newtown, then the ever-present turmoil in Washington, including apprehension regarding the Affordable Care Act. Closer to home,…

