Bursitis is a painful condition brought on by inflamed bursa—small fluid-filled sacks that protects joints from irritation. You may have heard of bursitis in the hip, shoulder or knees, but…
When the weather gets cold and streets become wet or icy, our shoe choices can have a greater impact on our health and safety. Here are a few thoughts from…
Every day at Advanced Foot Care Centers we see patients with foot and ankle pain. Perhaps the most common comment we hear is, “I thought foot pain was normal.” This…
If you’ve never seen a podiatrist or foot specialist, you might wonder why you would make an appointment. There are many reasons to have your feet seen, and if you…
What is Peripheral Neuropathy? The nerves that connect our central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) to the rest of the body constitute our peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy means…
What is Metatarsalgia? The human foot is a marvel: only 26 bones, 33 joints, 30 tendons . . . and this small, complicated arrangement of bones, joints, tendon, ligaments and…
Heel pain is common, and a common cause of heel pain is an inflamed Achilles tendon or Achilles Tendinitis (also spelled Tendonitis). The Achilles tendon is the largest, strongest, and…
In our recent blog post on Scleroderma we briefly mentioned Raynaud’s Disease as one of the symptoms. We described Raynaud’s as characterized by numbness and pain in the fingers and…
Fungus, infection, ingrown toenail, athlete’s foot . . . the list of conditions that we cross our fingers and hope never to get is long and worrisome. And can a…
The National Scleroderma Awareness month of June reminds us to pay attention to any unusual thickening of the skin, especially on the hands, arms, face and feet. A scleroderma diagnosis…