Feeling a bit sluggish after the time change? You're definitely not alone. But fear not! Combat that groggy feeling by incorporating some invigorating exercise into your daily routine. Here are some fresh tips to help you ease into your workouts...
Avoid These Common Shoe Blunders for Happy, Healthy Feet! 1. Sizing Woes? Step Up Your Game! Ever find yourself in shoes that feel more like clown shoes or a foot-binding experience? It's time to head to a reputable store for...
History of Lisfranc injuries Jaques Lisfranc de St. Martin was a French physician, pioneering many surgical procedures during the early 19th century. As a surgeon in the Napoleonic army, Lisfranc worked on the Russian front where he acquired acclaim for...
For well over a year, we've worked tirelessly to create a product that will target specific regions of the foot to correct Hallux problems and alleviate big toe pain. It needed to be thin enough material to fit into most...
What is toe spring and how does it help forefoot and midfoot pain Walking is often described as a controlled forward fall. As your body passes over the foot, resistance is supplied by the calf that limits forward progression of...
How do Carbon Fiber Spring Plates improve the patient experience post Lapidus bunionectomy? Medical and surgical care is often trending related to new technology and new concepts related to care. Surgical procedures are a great example of trends in medicine....
Lisfranc fracture-dislocation benefits from Carbon Fiber Insoles Working in a rural hospital I see a lot of foot and ankle trauma. ATV and motor sports injuries are common and often result in midfoot injuries. When the trauma is specific to...
Procedure choices and outcomes of PTTD surgery I saw an 18 y/o young woman today in my practice who was 12 weeks out on her surgical procedure to correct posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD). Following her surgery, the patient had...
Fifth metatarsal metatarsalgia – “Why does the outside of my foot hurt?” Pain specific to the outside, or lateral, aspect of the foot is a common condition called metatarsalgia. The term metatarsalgia is used to describe vague, aching pain specific...
What products are used to treat accessory navicular pain? The navicular is often called the keystone of the arch. The navicular articulates with the talus (art of the ankle) and the cuneiform bones. The posterior tibial tendon inserts in the...
Charcot joint treatment pearls... In my blog post last week, I discussed how fusion of one joint increases load to adjacent joints resulting in early onset of pain and arthritis. This accelerated deformation of the joint is called adjacent segment...
Lisfranc fractures - when is the most appropriate time to remove the fixation? Most foot and ankle surgeons will agree that there’s a need to remove fixation, particularly screw fixation, prior to failure of the fixation by weight-bearing. Once broken,...
When is surgery indicated in 5th metatarsal fractures? It's been a busy week for metatarsal fractures. I’ve seen three 5th metatarsal fractures this week. One was a fracture that required open reduction with internal fixation (surgery). One was treated with...
What happened to the dysfunctional aspect of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction? A proposal for modification of the Johnson and Storm classification of PTTD. I met with a patient this week who came to my office upon the referral of his...
Ambulatory treatment of Charcot arthropathy – total contact casting. I work in a rural, hospital-based practice that is a regional referral center. Much of the care I provide is related to diabetes. Subsequently, I see and treat a lot of...
Patient choice – are there weight limits when using ex-fix? External fixation (ex-fix) is often used as an adjunct to internal fixation when correcting rocker bottom flat foot due to Charcot arthropathy. The reason that ex-fix is used is that...
How did I get a fracture? I didn’t do anything to hurt my foot? “I was late for the plane, so I grabbed my carry-on bag and ran like heck to make the flight. I was the last passenger on....
Levers, rockers and carbon graphite insoles Part 3 – Putting it all together In part 1 of this conversation I presented a common customer question: can I wear just one carbon fiber insole? I briefly discussed gait and how a...
How do carbon fiber insoles affect gait? Part 2 - rocker mechanics of the lower extremity Rockers are a very important part of lower extremity biomechanics. Rockers describe pivot points in the gait cycle that decrease the range of motion...
Metatarsalgia | Can you or can’t you cant? Metatarsalgia describes pain in the metatarsal bone. Metatarsalgia can be caused by a number of contributing factors and can affect any of the 5 metatarsal bones of the foot. Metatarsalgia is most...
Understanding the anatomy of the foot and ankle Many of our customers who follow this blog and subscribe to our newsletter are in the medical profession. We hear from home health nurses, wound care professionals, students, and physicians. One of...
What is plantar fibromatosis and how is it treated? This article explores the treatment options for plantar fibromatosis.
Reusable gel metatarsal pads and reusable gel dancer's pads come in two thicknesses. Which thickness is right for you? This article discussed the varied thicknesses of these reusable foot pads and their indications.
What's so cool about reusable gel foot pads? The reason they're so popular is that they just keep on a' working. Simply wash with soap and water and they become adherent again.
What's new in the treatment of posterior tibial tendon dysfunction? This article discusses new and different ways to assess and treat PTTD.
This post is part of a seven section blog on the diagnosis and treatment of plantar fasciitis. This post discusses complications of endoscopic plantar fasciotomy.
How can you treat plantar fasciitis without surgery? There's actually a lot of options that are used as alternatives to surgery. This article explores treatment alternatives for plantar fasciitis.
How is plantar fasciits treated surgically? This post takes an in-depth looks at a procedure called endoscopic plantar fasciotomy. Video of the procedure is included.
Plantar fasciitis can be successfully treated with conservative care in most cases. This article explores the different methods of conservative care in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
Plantar fasciitis has a number of contributing factors that include age, weight and heel height of your shoes. How do these contributing factors come together to cause acute heel pain? This article explores the contributing factors that lead t painful plantar fasciitis.
Plantar fasciitis is actually a fairly new medical term that is used to describe an old problem - heel spur. What's the history of this transition from heel spur to plantar fasciitis? Thsi article explores the definitions of heel pain and the history of plantar fasciitis.
Osteoarthritis is the most common cause of midfoot arthritis. Osteoarthritis is often due to a previous injury but for many patients, they may simply be genetically predisposed to osteoarthritis. This article explores treatment options for arthritis of the foot.
What can be done for children with flatfeet? The literature isn't very clear when it comes to the treatment of pediatric flatfeet. What is available to conservatively treat pediatric flatfeet?
Plantar fibromatosis is a single nodule or group of nodules that that form in the plantar fascia, a band in the arch of the foot. How is plantar fibromatosis treated? This article explores the conservative treatment options for plantar fibromatosis.
Lateral foot pain is often described as 5th metatarsal metarsalagia. metatarsalgia can often be treated by decreasing load applied to the 5th metatarsal with each step. This article explores the use of a lateral sole wedge to treat 5th metatarsal metatarsalgia.
The Pedag Holiday is now the Pedag Mini Viva. A great product at a great price.
Scaphoid pads are a large arch pad that is used to support the arch of he foot. Scaphoid pads are a little different from arch cookies. This article looks at the differences and how to use a scaphoid pad in your shoe.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), also known as Medicare, published data this week that publicly shows how much it paid to individual doctors during 2012. Here's a link to a NY Times interactive tool that allows you to look up payments by doctor and zip code. The tool shows total payments and frequency of billing.
So is pronation just a flattening of the arch? In many respects, yes. You can say that a pronated foot is a flat foot. But you have to remember that there's a number of different medical conditions that result in pronation. What we'll be focusing on treating in this blog post are the cases of simple flat feet that result in foot fatigue.
We all got together this morning at Myfootshop.com for coffee and discussion regarding products and conditions. Since plantar fasciitis is such a common problem, we've been spending a few weeks on the topic. Part of the discussion this morning focused on the differences between acute and chronic plantar fasciitis, also known as plantar fasciitis and plantar fasciosis.
The use of a cut-out heel pad or horseshoe pad dates back to the days when we believed that the primary contributing factor to heel pain was a spur on the bottom of the heel. Popular belief was that standing on the spur resulted in pain. Cut-out pads were used to pocket the bottom of the heel.
Why would you choose a flat carbon graphite plate? When we first started to sell flat carbon graphite plates I didn't really see them as a very practical tool. They're primarily used to stiffen the shoe and my experience that was their sole use (what a pun, eh? sole use?). But it's been interesting how our customers have taken to them.
