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- Achilles Problems
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- Foot Mechanics: Arch & Ball Problems
- Foot Problems
- Free Foot Exams in November!
- Fungus Problems
- General Facts & Statistics
- General Foot Tips
- Gout
- Groups & Associations
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- Hammertoes - The Truth behind Bent Toes
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- What Is a Podiatrist?
- What To Look For
- When to Call a Doctor
Posts
- 3 Easy Steps to Prevent Sports Injuries
- 3 Foot Problems that Can Derail a New Exercise Program
- 3 Foot Problems to Watch for Now
- 3 Steps to Heel Relief
- 3 Winter Foot Injuries to Avoid
- 4 Common Causes of Heel Pain
- 4 Imaging Tools that Help Diagnose Foot and Ankle Issues
- 4 Steps to a Healthy Heart (without Hurting Your Feet)
- 4 Summer Shoe Tips
- 4 Tips for Diabetic Shoe Shopping
- 5 Little Tricks to Prevent Bunions
- 5 Tips for Keeping Senior Feet Healthy
- 5 Ways to Avoid Pedicure Pitfalls
- 5 Ways to Keep New Year’s Fitness Resolutions
- 6 Dangers of Wearing Flip Flops
- 6 Tips for Buying Running Shoes
- 6 Ways to Keep Foot Odor Away
- 6 Ways to Prevent Mower Accidents
- 7 Ways to Improve Joint Health
- 8 Tips for Diabetic Patients
- A Broken Toe: A Little Thing with a Big Impact
- A Day at the Foot Spa
- A Diabetic's Guide to Thanksgiving
- Achilles Tendonitis: What You Should Know
- ACL Injury
- Amazing Facts about Your Feet
- Ankle Injuries Require Prompt Response
- Ankle Sprains: A Common Gymnastic Injury
- Ankle Sprains: Prompt Treatment is Important
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
- Are You at Risk for Plantar Fasciitis?
- Arthritis and the Importance of Physical Activity
- Arthritis in its Many Forms
- Arthritis Pain Relief between Visits
- August is Psoriasis Awareness Month
- Avoid 3 Common Running Injuries
- Avoid Athlete’s Foot This Summer
- Baby Boomers and Arthritis
- Back to School Foot Complaints
- Back To School Shoe Shopping
- BACK TO SCHOOL SHOES
- Barefoot Running Vs. Traditional Shoes
- Base of Pinky Toe Blues
- Beach Day Basics
- Best Exercises to Prevent Heel Pain
- Best Shoes for Arthritis
- Blisters and Rollerblading - Tips To Prevent This Painful Duo
- Bracket Buster
- Bunion FAQs
- Burr and Ouch! Dry Skin and Winter Weather
- Can Gobbling Up Holiday Meals Bring on Gout?
- Careful on Ice
- Caring for Your Feet Through the Ages
- Celebrate National Foot Health Awareness Month
- Celebrate National Nutrition Month
- Checking for Sores - What am I Looking For?
- Checkpoint! How is Your New Year’s Resolution Going?
- Chilblains: Winter’s Last Blow
- Children Soccer Players and Ingrown Toenails
- Choosing the Right Shoes for Work
- Choosing Your New Golf Shoes
- Clean Your Toenails to Prevent Injury!
- Cold Feet: "Not the Relationship Type"
- Colder Weather Brings Foot Challenges
- Coping with Bunions
- Could You Have Metatarsalgia?
- Cryotherapy: Freezing Your Plantar Warts
- Custom Foot Orthoses
- Custom Orthotics May be Your Answer
- Daily Ways to Reduce Arthritis Pain
- Deal Arthritis a Crippling Blow
- Dealing with Adult Acquired Flatfoot
- Dealing with Ingrown Toenails
- Dealing with Painful Capsulitis
- Dealing with Sever’s Disease Pain between Appointments
- Declaration of Love for Your Feet
- Diabetes Awareness Month
- Diabetes Awareness Month -- FREE DIABETIC FOOT SCREENINGS IN NOVEMBER!
- Diabetes Today
- Diabetic Feet are Sensitive to Heat
- Diabetic Foot Care At Home
- Do Bone Spurs Require Treatment?
- Do Flat Feet and Minimalist Shoes Mix?
- Do I Need Orthotics?
- Don't Wait for 3 Strikes - Baseball and Your Feet
- Don’t Get Sidelined with Chronic Ankle Instability
- Don’t Ignore Lumps and Bumps in Your Feet
- Don’t Let Dry Skin Scale Back Your Summer Fun!
- Don’t Let Injuries Derail Your Exercise Plan
- Don’t Let Toenail Fungus Keep You from Sandals This Year
- Don’t Delay Seeking Treatment for Hammertoes
- Don’t Put off a Podiatrist Appointment
- Don’t Tell Your Feet to “Take a Hike” This Fall
- Do’s and Don’ts for Avoiding Gout
- Do’s and Don’ts for Enjoying Fall Hikes
- Do’s and Don’ts for Ingrown Toenails
- Dry Skin Problems
- Early Detection Matters - Know Skin Cancer Symptoms
- Early Treatment is Key to Hammertoe Relief
- Ease the Pain of Flat Feet
- Easy Stretches for Arthritis Relief to Keep You Moving
- Eat This Not That for Better Bone Health
- Encouraging Good Foot Health in Men
- End of Summer Blues – Help for Sunburned Feet
- Exercise and Arthritis
- Exercise: It’s a Joint Effort
- Exercises for People with Diabetes
- Exercising at Home – No Excuses!
- Facts About Foot Warts
- Fall Footwear Transition Painful for Women
- Fall Sports Means Increased Risk for Turf Toe
- Family Fun Exercises Part 1 – Dance Night
- Family Fun, Part 2 – Yard Work!
- February is American Heart Month
- Feet Require Protection from Summer Sun
- Fight Arthritis with Diet
- Finding the Best Ski Boots for Your Feet
- Five Tips to Help You Choose the Right Gym
- Fix Your Feet for Weight Loss Success!
- Flat Feet: Walking Solutions
- Flip Flops and Heel Pain Problems
- Focus on Senior Foot Care
- Focus on Senior Footcare
- Foods to Promote Healthy Nails
- Foot Care Tips for Seniors
- Foot Fungus! Keep Your Kids Safe at School
- Fractures of the Foot
- From Hoops to Hobbling – Foot Injuries in Basketball
- Gearing Up for Spring Sports
- Get Toe Pain Relief with Easy Stretches
- Getting Active Is Good For Your Feet Too!
- Getting Cold Feet?
- Getting Help for Ganglion Cysts
- Goals for Winter Diabetic Foot Care
- Golf Orthotics
- Good Foods for Your Feet
- Good Gifts for Your Feet
- Gout; The Holiday Gift That Keeps On Giving
- Haglund’s Deformity – Exercises for Your Pump Bump
- Health Dangers of High Heels: Not Just for Feet!
- Healthy Foods for Healthy Bones
- Heel Growing Pains?
- Heel Spurs; Not the Cowboy Type
- Here Comes the Sun
- Hey Mom! My Foot Hurts!
- Hidden Reasons for Foot Pain
- High Ankle Sprains and our beloved Steelers
- Holiday Shopping Tips for Your Feet
- How do Orthotics Work?
- How Does My Weight Affect My Feet?
- How Far? 4 Times Around the Globe!
- How Hot or Cold Weather Affects Skin
- How Often Should I Work Out?
- How to Check Your Feet if You Have Diabetes
- How to Choose the Best Orthotics for Your Feet
- How to Choose the Right Running Partner
- How to Increase Your Circulation with Great Foods
- How to Love Your Feet This Valentine’s Day
- How to Manage a Diabetic Foot Ulcer
- How to Stretch Your Calf Muscles
- How to treat heel pain?
- How Yoga for Arthritis May be the Answer for Your Pain
- I Have Flat Feet!!
- Improve Foot Health by Fighting Childhood Obesity
- Ingrown Toe Nail
- Ingrown Toenails: True or False
- Is Your Foot Odor Turning Heads?
- It's Hammer Time!
- January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
- Jessica Simpson Has An Ingrown Toenail Removed
- Join the Great American Smokeout this November
- Just Heel Pain, Right?
- Keeping Feet Warm and Protected on Halloween Night
- Keeping Steady: The Importance of Balance Exercises
- Kohler's Disease - How Does it Affect Your Child's Feet?
- Learn to Recognize Early Warning Signs of Ulcers
- Little Bones that Cause a Big Pain
- Low-Impact Exercise for Arthritis Sufferers
- Lower Extremity Injuries in the Olympics
- Make a Smooth Move to Spring Sports
- Make the Call
- Managing Your Diabetes
- March is a Month to Honor Women
- May is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month
- Mom, my toe hurts and its red!!
- Morning Stretches: Help Heel Pain Before Work
- Most Common Cause of Heel Pain in Children
- My Mother Had Bunions. Does That Mean I Will Too?
- Myths About Bunions
- Myths about Skin Cancer Can Kill You
- National Heart Month is February
- National I Love My Feet Day
- NBA Player Joakim Noah off French Olympic Basketball Team
- Neuropathy and Diabetes Today
- NFL Toughness
- No Sandals For Me!
- Non-Surgical Treatment Options for Hammertoe
- Not Fun in the Summertime: Athlete’s Foot
- November is American Diabetes Month—Are You at Risk?
- Nurses: What Shoes Should You Wear?
- One Step Closer to Dunking?
- Orthotics Generate Efficiency
- Osteoporosis: What You Need to Know
- Ouch! My Heel Hurts
- Pack List for Winter Vacation
- Pain in Your Heels – Why it’s Worse After Sitting and Standing
- Pain on the Outside of My Knee
- Painful or Ugly Nails: Behind the Abnormality
- Pedicure Pointers
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Physical and Mental Benefits of Exercise
- Physical Therapy and Your Feet
- Plantar Fasciitis: What Is It?
- Plantar Heel Pain
- Playground Injuries – A Fall Could Become a Fracture
- Playing with Injuries Doesn’t Pay
- Pregnant Feet
- Prep Your Feet for Holiday Shopping
- Preparation is the Key to Preventing Winter Injuries
- Prepping for Foot Surgery
- Prepping for Your Podiatrist Appointment
- Prevent Falls This Winter
- Prevent Swollen Feet in Hot Weather
- Preventing Athlete’s Foot
- Preventing Diabetic Foot Problems
- Preventing Foot Infections
- Preventing Foot Odor
- Preventing Lawn Mowing Disasters
- Preventing Wear and Tear on Your Joints
- Protect Your Children’s Feet This Summer
- Reduce Foot and Ankle Pain WITHOUT Medication
- Reduce the Risk of Falls
- Replace Your Running Shoes before Injury Strikes
- Replacing Children’s Shoes: It May Be Sooner Than You Think
- Resolve to Stretch before Exercise
- Resolve to Take Better Care of Your Feet in 2018
- Reward Your Feet with a Post-Holiday Treat
- Rheumatoid Arthritis vs. Osteoarthritis
- RICE
- RICE Therapy?
- Running and Weather – Is it Safe to be out in the Cold?
- Running Form Part 1 – Posture
- Running Form Part 2 – Foot Strike
- Running Like a Zombie: Posture & Form Are Essential
- Running With a Partner
- Sandal Season Pre-Check
- Seek Treatment for Fungal Nails
- Seniors - Stability Helps!
- September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
- Shoe Finder
- Shoe Shopping for Back to School
- Shoe Shopping Suggestions
- Shoes That Do The Workout For You?
- Should I Call the Foot Doctor?
- Simple Precautions Can Keep You on the Trails This Fall
- Simple Stretches to Prevent Injuries
- Smoking and your feet
- Socks to Treat Corns?
- Sprained Ankle? Wrap it the Right Way!
- Standing Up for Senior Foot Care
- Start a Healthy Lifestyle While Your Child is Young
- Stretches for Heel Pain Before Bed
- Subungual Hematoma
- Summer Heat and Diabetic Feet
- Summer Travel Checklist
- Summertime Brings Increased Risk for Fungal Toenails
- Super Bowl Super Star Julio Jones Deals with Turf Toe
- Surround Yourself with Super Foods
- Taking Care of Neuromas
- Taking Care of Your Feet is as Easy as 1, 2, 3
- Ten Tips for Shin Splints
- Test Your Callus IQ
- Test Your Melanoma IQ
- The Best Fit
- The Best Socks for Winter
- The Best Way to Run
- The Dreaded Neuroma
- The Effects of Diabetes on My Body
- The Flipflop Season is Here
- The Foundations for a Healthy Life
- The Most Frequent Question Patients Ask me
- The Mystery Behind Enchondroma
- The Painful Problem of Ingrown Toenails
- The Trauma and Treatment of Charcot Foot
- The Truth About Flats Hurting Feet
- The Wrong Type of Athlete to Be
- There’s a Difference?! – Sprain vs. Strain
- Tips for Keeping Children’s Feet Healthy
- Tips for Running in the Heat
- Toe Fractures: Little Bones, Big Problems
- Too Much Celebrating Can Bring on Gout
- Tracking Down a Case of Osteochondritis
- Tracking Down Tricky Lisfranc Injuries
- Treat Your Feet Right Wherever You Go
- Treating and Preventing Heel Pain This Holiday Season
- Treating Metatarsalgia
- Treating Plantar Fasciitis
- Treating Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Use RICE After Foot Injuries
- Vacation Bag for Your Feet
- Varicose Veins: More than Just a Cosmetic Concern
- Vault Champ McKayla Maroney’s Right Foot Woes
- Walk Smart by Preventing Injuries
- Walking Your Way to Better Health
- Warm and Dry Means Healthy Feet
- Warning Signs of Charcot Foot
- Warning: Fall Sport Injuries Ahead
- Warts and All
- Watching for Diabetic Foot Problems
- What Do You and Peyton Manning Have in Common?
- What Exactly is a Podiatrist?
- What is a Corn?
- What is a Custom Orthotic?
- What is Athlete's Foot
- What NOT to do About an Ingrown Toenail
- What to Drink During Workout Sessions
- What Triggers Psoriasis?
- What You Eat Affects Your Feet
- What Your Shoes Say about Your Feet
- What's a Stress Fracture?
- What's the Deal with Big Ben's Foot?
- What’s Behind Hallux Limitus?
- What’s Behind Achilles Tendonitis?
- What’s Behind Chronic Ankle Instability?
- What’s Behind Plantar Fasciitis
- When Do Feet Stop Growing?
- Who IS Alex Trebek?
- Who's Got the Stinky Feet?
- Why Bare Isn’t Better
- Why Do I Have a Callus on My Heel?
- Why Do My Feet Cramp?
- Why Do My Kid's Feet Look So Flat?
- Why Do We Have Nails?
- Why Does My Ankle Hurt?
- Why Does My Toe Hurt?
- Winter and Diabetes
- Winter Can Bring Skin Issues for Feet
- Winter Foot Care Tips
- Winter Means Fall Season
- Winter's Effect on your Feet
- Yao Ming Retires
- Yoga: Stretch the Benefits!
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