Foot & Ankle Blog

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...

When you ask someone with nerve pain to describe what they feel, you might receive any number of possible answers:  It’s stabbing.  It’s shooting.  It’s burning.  It’s tingling or numbing.  It’s electric.  There can be quite a range of symptoms, but it should come as...

Heel pain is a very common condition, affecting millions of Americans. But that doesn’t mean you need to keep living day-to-day with your symptoms. If you have been struggling with heel pain for months or even years, though, it might feel like you don’t really have...

Heel pain does not seem like something a child would have—at least not to a grown-up. Heel pain feels much more like an “adult” sort of problem, something that comes with age and wear and having to work all day. That’s likely just some elder envy showing, however....

Everyone knows that a standard fracture can put a quick stop to just about any show, and it is rarely something you can avoid. Nobody ever expects taking a hit forceful enough to cause a bone to break. That said, there is a type of fracture that can also cause plenty...

The term “surgery” can already cause a pang of anxiety in many people, and we completely understand why. Surgery can be a life-changing event—although the goal is to change life for the better—and is something to always approach seriously. Of course, adding words...