Foot & Ankle Blog
Living with Arthritis of the Foot or Ankle
Arthritis in the feet or ankles can often feel inhibiting and punishing – almost like a prison sentence. The things you love to do and places you want to be can start to come with plenty of second-guessing as to whether they’re worth the potential pain. Arthritis can...
Give Kids’ Feet the Back-to-School Protection They Need
There’s often lots to prep for when sending your child back to school. Health and safety are at the forefront of many parents’ minds more than ever before, but don’t forget about your child’s foot care when going through your mental checklist! Back-to-school means...
What Works for Preventing Ankle Sports Injuries?
Any time a sports injury occurs to your ankle, it should be a game-stopper. Even when you believe an ankle injury is something you could continue playing or performing on, that never means you should. Not respecting sports injuries can quickly lead to more severe...
Treating Forefoot Adduction in Children
There are many different terms that describe various specific misalignments in a child’s feet, such as clubfoot and skewfoot. Forefoot adduction tends to be a bit simpler and more general of a term, and is among the most common symptoms that can be noted at birth....
Answers to Questions on Skewfoot
At Southern California Foot & Ankle Specialists, we are highly committed to helping children and their families through the journey of managing and correcting congenital birth defects and deformities. While clubfoot receives particular focus, there are many other...
How Long Does Clubfoot Treatment Take?
When a parent learns their child will require clubfoot treatment, one of the first questions they always ask how long that treatment will take. This is of course a very natural question to ask. No parent wishes for their child to spend more time undergoing treatment...
Your Child Has Been Diagnosed with Clubfoot Before Birth – What You Can Do
No parent ever wants to hear anything at a prenatal examination other than that their child is perfectly healthy. If a prenatal examination has determined that your child likely has clubfoot, it can open a floodgate of fears and distress. It is completely normal and...
How to Tell When Your Ankle is Broken (and What to Do if It Is)
It’s not a question anyone ever wants to ask, but it’s the only thing you can think about when the situation presents itself: Did I just break my ankle? Our ankles endure plenty of forces just in day-to-day activities, and chances are decent that you’ll end up with an...
How to Handle Sports Injuries in the Heel
When people think of sports injuries to the foot, the heel might not be the first area of vulnerability they imagine. After all, it’s the toes and the front of the foot that are often leading the charge and colliding with objects, right? But sports injuries to the...