Living With a Hammertoe: Everyday Care That Helps
A bent toe usually gets noticed through your shoes before it ever really hurts. The second or third toe sits crooked…
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Splinters and Foreign Objects in the Foot: What to Do
A splinter in the foot has a way of turning into a two-day project. You feel a sharp sting crossing the…
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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Feet and Legs
Your blood pressure gets measured on your arm, but the effects of a high reading tend to announce themselves at the…
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Diabetic Foot Care: The Daily Habits That Prevent Big Problems
Most of the serious diabetic foot problems we treat did not start out serious. They started as a blister from a…
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Where Does It Hurt? Reading the Common Causes of Foot Pain
Foot pain almost never arrives with a label attached. You know it hurts under the heel, or across the ball of…
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How to Choose Socks That Are Good for Your Feet
You probably shopped carefully for your shoes. You tried them on, walked around, thought about support. Then you pulled on whatever…
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What To Do After a Puncture Wound in Your Foot
It usually happens in a garage, a garden bed, or a half finished job in the backyard. You step down, feel…
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Caring for Aging Feet: A Simple Daily Routine
The feet you have at seventy are not the feet you had at thirty. The skin is thinner and drier, the…
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Pain in the Ball of Your Foot: Understanding Sesamoiditis
Pain under the big toe joint often traces to two small bones called sesamoids. Here is how sesamoiditis feels, what helps at home, and what a visit involves.
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Broken Foot or Bad Sprain? How to Tell the Difference
You came down wrong off the bottom step, or you caught your little toe on the bed frame in the dark….
