5 Habits for Foot Heath for Those with Diabetes
During Diabetes Awareness month, we are doing a series of posts on how diabetes affects the feet. Uncontrolled diabetes can affect the feet in several ways. The result of continuing to have uncontrolled diabetes can lead to amputation of the foot and/or leg. This is a harsh reality for people with diabetes. With good monitoring […]
November is Diabetes Awareness Month
How much do you know about diabetes? According to the American Diabetes Association, nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes and another 86 million are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. Do you know someone with diabetes? Do you understand what diabetes is? There is not just one kind […]
Syndactyly – Have You Heard of It?
Today we are going to talk about Syndactyly. What? You’ve never hear of it? It is a normal condition that affects males more than females. There is a thought that it is a hereditary condition but it can also seem to develop without any family history. So… I haven’t exactly explained it, have I? Syndactyly […]
Self-diagnosis Is Not Always Correct
We have found that some patients will come in the office positive that they have one condition and then when we look at their foot, their self-diagnosis is not correct. One example of this confusion is that a patient may think that they have a callus and it is really a wart or the […]
There is a Bump – That means a Bunion, Right? No….
So, you know how identical twins look alike but are really different people. Well, there are foot conditions that you can look at and think they are one thing but really they are something else. Lately, I talked about ball of the foot pain and how some conditions that cause ball of foot pain seem […]