The NHL post season is in full swing and the Tampa Bay Lighting are holding their own! After a tough loss last night to the New Jersey Devils the Lightning are hoping to bounce back to top form in order to close out the series. As a Philadelphia Flyers fan and casual Lightning fan one thing I […]
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Need a Foot Makeover for Summer?!
With the warm season in Florida just around the corner everyone wants pretty feet! Long, thick, discolored toenails are not necessarily desirable as we start to shed our shoes in place of sandals (just to clarify as a foot and ankle specialist I do not recommend sandals). Because of this I find it to be common […]
Brazil and PSG starter Neymar out for at least a month with broken foot
For even the casual soccer fan the name Neymar most likely rings a bell. Just last summer Neymar was officially the most expensive player ever purchased by a club costing some 200 million dollars! His skill and technique are unmatched. However, a recent injury put the rest of his season and even his world cup hopes […]
USA Olympic Figure Skater Nathan Chen Needs Some Extra Support!
Is anyone else as amazed as I am with the quick foot work and incredible leaps of figure skaters? Not to mention the “dizzy bat” spins they go through and skate away with seemingly no affect, its hard not to be impressed with the talent of these athletes. One skater in particular USA’s Nathan Chen […]
WWE Superstar Samoa Joe out Indefinitely with Plantar Fascia Rupture
Professional wrestlers work probably the most hectic schedule in all sports and are constantly putting their bodies on the line for the purpose of entertaining their audience. Unfortunately for Samoa Joe, he suffered a plantar fascia rupture recently and will be out of the ring while he recovers. At first glance, any type of medical […]
Healthy Feet Podiatrist on the Cutting Edge
For those of you that read our blogs, you probably are well aware that we offer many regenerative medicine options for our patients. Regenerative medicine is minimally to non-invasive medical techniques that can be used for a wide variety of pathologies to improve a patients symptoms. As we all know with continued research and advancements […]
There’s an Ankle Injury Epidemic in the NBA
We all know about the common ankle sprain. Honestly most of us have probably sprained our ankle at one point or another, but employees of the NBA seem to be dropping left and right with these injuries. Superstar and MVP Steph Curry has been sidelined throughout his career with ankle sprains. Recently Dion Waiters of […]
New Year New Goal?!
After a hopefully glutenous holiday season, many of us find ourselves stepping on the scale this morning and being a bit taken back! For me, the best part of the holidays along with the endless amounts of family time, is the food! It seems that during the run from Thanksgiving through the New Year there […]
Foot Washes Ashore on Vancouver Island, Canada
Its that time of year again. In Canada and the pacific northwest during the winter every year there are abnormally high tides, which wash ashore all kinds of treasures. One such “treasure” is a little more gruesome. A beach on Vancouver Island, British Columbia had a record 13th foot wash ashore in the last decade. […]
Richard Sherman recovering from Achilles Rupture
Richard Sherman of the Seattle Seahawks recently ruptured his Achilles tendon, resulting in season ending surgery. It may or may not come as a surprise that the Achilles tendon is the strongest and largest tendon in the body. It is made of us two muscles that work to provide a strong propulsive force that helps you […]