Heel Pain and Plantar Fasciitis Many people suffer from pain in the heel and pain in the arch of the foot first thing in the morning or after sitting for a period of time. Pain in the heel and pain in the arch of the foot is usually caused from not wearing enough arch support […]
Category: Foot Conditions
Former Tottenham Hotspur Soccer Player Gary Mabbutt Has His Foot Eaten by a Rat!
Former England soccer star Gary Mabbutt, who has suffered from diabetes for years had his foot eaten by a rat, while he was on holiday in South Africa. Gary suffers from an all to common nerve disorder called peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy can be caused by many things, however diabetes is one of the leading […]
Flesh Eating Bacteria in Florida Water
School is starting up again in Pasco and Hillsborough County however that does not mean summer is over. It is still very much beach season in sunny Florida. Just because the crowds have died down doesn’t mean the hidden dangers of the ocean have gone away. One popular question I get a lot from patients […]
New York Mets Star Yoenis Cespedes Having Bilateral Heel Surgeries
News broke this week that New York Mets Start Yoenis Cespedes will be out for 8-10 months! He is having corrective surgery for bone spurs on the back side of his heel with calcifications within his achilles tendon! Cespedes has been having heel pain for some time now and was placed on injured reserve after […]
Using an Ingrown Toenail as your Excuse for Flip Flops?!
Summer is officially in full swing in Florida! Its a time of year with consistently hot weather and afternoon showers. With the hot weather and constant threat for stepping in a puddle its no wonder many people opt to wear flip flops. Despite being a podiatrist I am not naive to think that my patients […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Big Toe Joint, A Big Pain?
For many of us, the dreaded ache that can come with certain shoes, certain activities and certain positions has become a daily occurrence. What if we told you, it didn’t have to be? What if with every crouch, stoop, and stride you didn’t have to be uncomfortable? This pain in the “big toe joint” is […]
Crossover Toes Bring No Good Luck
We all have been there, wanting something so bad that we cross our fingers, toes, legs etc to bestow upon ourselves as much good luck as possible. However, for some of us crossover toes are no joke. A crossover toe is a common complaint that we see at Healthy Feet Podiatry often times associated with […]