Vitamin D and your Healing
Dear Foot Blogger Chick, My friend recently had bunion surgery and before her surgery, she had a blood test. The blood test showed that she had a vitamin D deficiency. Why would that matter for her surgery? Did she develop a bunion because of a vitamin D deficiency? A perplexed friend Dear Perplexed, There is […]
Shin Splints, Anyone?
Dear Reader; This is the third in our four installments on sports injuries. Basketball season is underway so we are talking about the four most common injuries associated with basketball. This week’s topic is shin splints. While shin splints are a basketball injury, they are also a common running injury. You can tell you have […]
Sports Injuries – Basketball – Achilles Tendinitis
Dear Reader, Welcome to week two of our series on sports injuries – in particular basketball injuries. The basketball season is starting and we decided that we would give you some information on the top injuries that we see from basketball players. This week we are talking about Achilles tendinitis. Are you wondering why it […]
Sports Injuries – Basketball – Sprained Ankles
Dear Reader, For the next four weeks we are going to do something a bit different for the Foot Blogger Chick. With basketball season starting, we decided that we would concentrate on foot and ankle injuries associated with the sport. The Foot Blogger Chick (me, myself, and I) may not know everything about basketball but […]
Ohhh, my foot hurts
Dear Foot Blogger Chick, Ohhh, my foot hurts! It started out not so bad but has been getting worse. The pain seems to be between my 3rdand 4th toe on the ball of my foot. Make it go away! Sharona Dear Sharona, This is so exciting! Your name actually rhymes with what it sounds […]