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November 11, 2015

5 Habits for Foot Health

During Diabetes Awareness month, we are going to do a series of posts on how a person with diabetes needs to take care of their 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 […]

November 4, 2015

Diabetes and foot affects

Chances are you or someone you know had 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. There is not just one kind of diabetes There are many different types of diabetes. While […]

October 28, 2015

10 Foot Trivia Questions

This week we will do a little foot trivia test. Yes, all the questions have been covered in prior blog posts.  No, I am not doing this to see if you are paying attention. (Well, um.. maybe) The questions are just little fun facts about feet. 1.        Which of the following have flat feet? a.       […]

October 21, 2015

5 Tips for Buying Shoes You Will Wear

With the cooler fall weather, thoughts turn away from sandals (and those terrible flip flops) to shoes and boots. I have been checking out the 2015 fall footwear fashions (say that 5 times fast) and am a bit underwhelmed. Harpers Baazar magazine divides the fall styles into the following categories: Prime Patchwork The Furside Color […]

October 14, 2015

Fall, Glorious Fall

I think that fall must be the most popular season.  The colors, the textures, and the “nip” in the air. Fall is that great season after the heat of summer and before the cooooold of winter. What do you think of when you think of fall? I think of the beautiful colors that nature supplies […]