Holiday Foot Care: How to Keep Your Feet Happy and Healthy

Holiday Foot Care: How to Keep Your Feet Happy and Healthy

Now that it’s the holiday season, there’s a lot of happiness and celebration in the air. However, sometimes chaos can prevail as well! It’s easy to forget about one important part of our health when we’re busy shopping, cooking, and enjoying ourselves, and that’s our podiatric health! While we’re enjoying the holiday season, let’s remember…

Why a Podiatrist?

Why a Podiatrist?

There are many types of doctors a person can see, depending on what part of the body needs attention. For the heart it is a cardiologist, for the kidneys, it is a nephrologist, and for the skin, it’s a dermatologist. For your feet, though, it’s a podiatrist. But why see a podiatrist? Aren’t foot problems really…

Ballet and Your Feet

Ballet and Your Feet

Dancing is one of man’s oldest activities. Either as a celebration or entertainment, dance has been around for many years. Some historical records show dance as an active part of a human culture dating as far back as 3300 B.C. in India and Egypt. Just where and when it began is unknown, but it would…

Nixing a Nagging Neuroma

Nixing a Nagging Neuroma

There are many things that can cause pain in your feet. One is called a Neuroma. A Neuroma is the thickening of the skin and irritation of a nerve between your toes. Neuromas can affect the ball of your feet and is usually found between your 3rd and 4th toes. This is also called Morton’s Neuroma. Symptoms of a…

Common Toe Deformities

Common Toe Deformities

If you have toe deformities, chances are, your parents or their parents had them too. Many foot issues are inherited, and that includes digital deformities like bunions, hammertoes, mallet toes, claw toes, as well as overlapping and underlapping toes. So, should you be worried about passing toe deformities on to your children? While there’s a good chance…

Orthotics for Comfortable Feet

Orthotics for Comfortable Feet

Do you ever find yourself wanting your shoes to be more comfortable? Maybe if they had a little more padding on this part of the shoe, you would be able to wear them for a bit longer. If only there was more arch support, you wouldn’t suffer from chronic plantar fasciitis. Is there a way to…

Toe Exercises for the Family

Toe Exercises for the Family

Looking for another way to spend family time together? It might sound strange, but how about a night of foot fitness? Yep, you read that right. Specifically, we want to focus on exercising the toes. It’s not a body part you usually think about when working out, such as the biceps or abs, but strengthening…