Foot & Ankle Blog
How Your Foot Structure May Be Making You Fall Apart
Often times we don’t realize how complicated and complex our feet actually are. To put it in perspective, our feet and ankles are home to a total of 52 bones, 66 joints, and hundreds of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. And, all of these different structures...
The Future of Your Feet
Your feet are meant to last you a lifetime—year after year, decade after decade. Here’s an amazing fact you might not know: your typical octogenarian has walked enough miles to circumnavigate the globe four times over! See, when feet are healthy and well taken care...
Try These Sensible and Meaningful Foot Care Gifts for All
When searching for the right gifts, some items get a bad rap for being kind of “lazy” or downright “hokey.” Ties can be one example, as can many things you find in the “As Seen On TV” section of a store. But let’s see things in the proper light, here. It’s never so...
What Every Parent Should Know About Childhood Foot Deformities
Every child is precious.As parents, we know we’re going to love our children with our whole hearts—no matter what they look like, no matter what medical conditions they may or may not have. No matter what, period.Still, that doesn’t mean you aren’t going to worry. And...
What You Need to Know About Webbed Toes
What’s one of the first things most new parents do after holding their newborn for the first time? (Besides smiling, laughing, and crying tears of joy all at once, of course?) Count their fingers and toes, of course! Well, what happens when you arrive at a number...
Shedding Light on Plantar Wart Myths
Our upcoming Halloween holiday is a time full of myths, stories, and legends—often with a scary or spooky twist. At the end of the day, though, these are pretty much all a matter of fiction. Fictitious Halloween elements add to the fun and excitement of the holiday,...
Fall Activities Will Feel WAY Better with Orthotics
If you want to be a great doctor, here’s one of the first things you should realize—it’s never really just about “fixing” a specific medical problem. If all you see are bones and muscles, and inflammation and infections, you’ll never really address what the patient...
Treating Ingrown Toenails in Babies and Children
Ingrown toenails feel like they should only be the consequence of older feet that cram themselves into work shoes and run about all day. It doesn’t feel fair that they should happen to younger feet, too—especially feet that haven’t even begun to walk! As...
Wait … Can Your Feet Make Your Back Hurt?
Indulge us for a minute while we talk a bit about a nightmare scenario for any homeowner. (Don’t worry—this all relates back to foot care. Just stick with us.) Let’s say you’ve got a lovely home. Maybe you just bought it, or maybe you’ve been living there for years....