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…
Sitting Is the New Smoking I Everyone knows –or should know that smoking is not good for you. It affects your lungs, your cardiovascular health, your circulation, your skin, your weight, lowers your resistance to disease, it even affects your attitude. What you need to understand is that sitting has precisely the same effect. A recent article in Parade Magazine cited…
Ingrown toenails, also known as onychocryptosis, can be embarrassing, annoying and painful. This common condition occurs when the surrounding skin on one or both sides of the nail grows over the edges of the nail, or when the nail itself penetrates the skin. As the nail digs into the skin, redness, swelling, and pain are…
Ingrown nails are about the most painful, annoying problems I encounter on a daily basis. Aside from the pain there’s also the risk of infection which can be an even more serious problem if you’re diabetic or have P.A.D. (poor circulation). Exactly what are ingrown toenails? What causes them? How are they treated? The real…
