Nutrition is a vital part of your diabetes treatment plan, helping control blood sugar and reducing risk of complications, like those that affect your feet. Find out more about the role of nutrition in diabetes foot health and why it’s important.
Fallen arches, also known as flatfeet or flatfoot, worsen over time. But with the right care, your foot deformity doesn’t have to affect your athletic ability. Here’s what you should know.
Are you ready to say goodbye to rough calluses? Learn simple at-home techniques to get rid of calluses, and learn when it’s time to get professional help from a podiatrist.
Your feet do a lot for you, and you need to take care of them to prevent problems now and in the future. Learn about the habits you can start now that your feet will thank you for.
That spot on your foot could be anything. But if it’s on the bottom of your foot, looks like a callus, and causes pain, it’s probably a plantar wart. Find out more about plantar warts, what they look like, and how to treat them.
Platelets are the body’s first responders, rushing to the scene to patch up the damage. But they also help heal the damage. Find out more about platelets and how they can help heal your injury.
High arches can occur from an inherited abnormal foot structure. If you have high arches, your children might too. But they don’t have to suffer through the pain that comes with it. Find out how early intervention helps.
Shockwave therapy is a nonsurgical treatment that reduces heel pain by stimulating the healing process. Find out more about shockwave therapy, how it works, and how it can benefit your feet.
One out of 10 people develop plantar fasciitis during their lifetime. Are you at risk? Learn more about the most common risk factors for plantar fasciitis and what you can do to protect yourself from this foot condition.
Foot pain makes tasks like grocery shopping and exercising nearly impossible. Custom orthotics are shoe inserts made for your foot that can ease pain and improve function. Find out how custom orthotics can change your life.
You watch as your big toe migrates over to your second toe, and a bump forms on the inside of your foot. And you wonder whether surgery is your best path forward. Here are some points to consider when you have bunions.
If you suffer from plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis or another chronic foot injury or soft tissue pain – your treatment options are no longer limited to traditional treatments such as steroid injections, joint replacement or physical therapy.
Ankle and foot sprains are some of the most common podiatric injuries, usually caused by a fall or a sudden twist that forces the ligaments out of their normal position.
Heel spur syndrome, more commonly known as plantar fasciitis, is one of the most common causes of heel pain in the US, affecting upwards of two million patients a year.
Varicose veins, abnormally enlarged, distended, veins that appear on the legs as ropy, twisted skin bulges, are easy to spot; which is why patients want them to disappear.
Often described as a throbbing pain that strikes the meat of the heel and radiates outward, plantar fasciitis is one of the most common foot conditions in the US, affecting roughly two million Americans a year.
The statistics are alarming: Chronic wounds, wounds that do not heal properly or completely during a timeframe of four weeks, affect nearly 5 million Americans, with 500,000 new cases diagnosed every year.