Foot & Ankle Blog
Dear Feet: We Love You!
Roses are red, Violets are blue, Faces are lovely, but feet are, too! Using words like this won’t show them how much you appreciate them, but there are other ways to show feet some love at Valentine’s Day. You can employ the same ideas you use when dealing with other...
Keep Feet Warm in Cold Temperatures
When you are used to 70s and 80s most of the time in sunny Southern California, a 45-degree evening can feel pretty chilly, especially during a February rainstorm. Then there are weekend trips to the mountains for your favorite snow sports. If you don’t know how to...
How to Strengthen Your Ankles
Anyone from a pro basketball player in LA to an office worker in high heels can sprain an ankle. This painful injury needs to heal fully or it could lead to repeated injuries and ankle instability. One way to recondition the joint and regain full use and mobility is...
Treating the Pain of an Ankle Sprain
With the base adding up and fresh snowfalls adding powder, nearby ski resorts are off and running for another season. We hope you are able to enjoy the slopes, and the chance that we may see an end to the long drought in California. We also hope you don’t come home...
Snow-skiing Injuries in SoCal?
With the winter months bringing those great NW swells to the SoCal beaches, you might think more about surfing accidents than skiing injuries at this time of year. However, with Snow Summit about two hours away by car, and Mountain High even closer, many people love...
Keep It Safe—Pedicure for Post-Holiday Blahs
The hectic holidays are over for another year, but if you want a fun, relaxed event to lift your spirits, try the Driving Miz Daisy Vintage Market in Ladera Ranch on January 10. Free admission, free parking, over 200 vendors, classic cars and vintage trailers—and of...
Resolve to Treat Your Feet Better in the New Year
You may think you’ll be too busy watching Bowl games or entertaining to think about anything as mundane as foot care, but we believe you can do both this holiday weekend as we ring in the New Year. Your feet are often neglected, but they’ll reward you if you take the...
Healing from an Ankle Fracture
Last week we talked about the many ways you could break an ankle during the holidays. This week we provide info about healing from an ankle fracture. It’s no fun to be incapacitated at this time of year when you want to enjoy parties and family gatherings....
10 Easy Ways to Break Your Ankle
Ladera Ranch is full of fun activities and parties during the holidays, and the last thing you want to think about is an ankle injury, but maybe you should. It is quite easy to break your ankle. Don’t believe us? We can think of ten ways right off the bat....