Pregnancy brings many physical and emotional changes to the mother-to-be. Carrying extra weight and pressure on the blood vessels of the legs and feet can cause serious problems to the feet. Because of the natural and healthy weight gain, your center of gravity changes to bring added pressure to the knees and feet. Your weight-bearing […]
Category: Common Foot Conditions
Morton’s Neuroma and Ball of Foot Pain
Sometimes nerve damage in the feet can cause numbness and pain. If you feel that you are walking with a marble in your shoe, and the pain is located in the ball of the foot, you may have Morton’s neuroma. What Is Morton’s Neuroma? A neuroma is a benign tumor made of nerve fibers that […]
10 Foot Care Tips for Patients with Diabetes
Because diabetes causes restricted blood flow to the legs and also nerve damage that reduces sensation in the feet, patients with diabetes often suffer from serious foot problems. If the diabetes is uncontrolled in extreme cases, a toe or foot may have to be amputated although these are much less common today. So it is […]
American Diabetes Month® Promotes Foot Health for Individuals with Diabetes
If you or a family member has diabetes, you know that it is extremely important to maintain good foot health. Uncontrolled diabetes, where the blood sugar level is too high over a period of time, can cause serious foot problems. November is American Diabetes Month® and the perfect time to focus on maintaining good foot […]
Haglund’s Deformity: Painful and Disfiguring
Do you have a painful bump on the back of your heel? You may have a Haglund’s deformity, which is a bony enlargement that may form where the Achilles tendon attaches to the heel bone. This bump often appears in women who wear pump-style shoes and so is sometimes called “pump bump.” Shoes with rigid […]
Turf Toe Can Be Very Painful for Athletes
It may be a funny name but the pain and inconvenience of turf toe are anything but funny. This injury occurs when the ligaments around the big toe are sprained when pushing off during sports like football, soccer, basketball, wrestling and gymnastics. Often the cleats or athletic shoes will stick to artificial turf or even […]
Ingrown Toenails Need Professional Treatment
Most of us take our feet for granted – toenails too! But we need to treat our feet well to keep them in tip-top condition. One way to stay on top of foot health is to build a foot and toenail check into your daily routine. Examine toes frequently for anything out of the ordinary. […]
Should I Be Concerned about a Stubbed Toe?
It happens all too frequently – you walk around barefoot and collide with a piece of furniture. For a split second you know what is coming and then the sharp pain begins. Stubbed toes hurt! Toes have little fatty tissue to absorb an impact, plus lots of nerve endings that send feedback to the central […]
Preventing Painful Foot Cramps
Ouch! Have you been awakened from sleep by severe foot or calf pain? Or after a vigorous run, did you feel intense pain in your calf? If so, you have suffered a muscle cramp, also known as a charley horse. These uncontrolled abrupt muscle contractions are generally harmless but quite painful. What Causes Foot Cramps? […]
Hammertoes: A Painful Toe Abnormality
Hammertoes is a common toe deformity that can be quite painful. If you have noticed that one or more of your inner toes look rigid or curled and that corns or calluses are appearing on the tops, you may have this condition. Hammertoes are caused by a tendon/muscle imbalance that can cause toes to bend […]