What You Can’t See Can Hurt You: Simple Steps to Protect Your Feet from...
When we get a foot or toe infection, whether a simple infected, ingrown toenail or perhaps life-threatening pneumonia, it is due to tiny organisms, often called “bugs” or “germs.” The only way to see...
View ArticleBest Foot Articles on the Web: Pregnancy, Shin Splints, Flat Feet, Knee Pain...
Here is my pick of the latest, greatest foot, ankle and podiatry related articles on the web: Pregnancy is a bundle of joy, but not for your feet! Podiatrist Scott Kilberg has written a great review of...
View ArticleCould Burning in the Arch of my Foot be Plantar Fasciitis?
Kenisha writes: Since I was 14, I have had plantar fasciitis. I did not know I had it until a pediatrician told me a year later. The year before I ran in a marathon through the downtown capital of...
View ArticleWhat the heck is Metatarsus Adductus?
Jon writes: Ok I’m 18 and I have metatarsus adductus. I was treated for it when I was younger but I did not do anything. It does not really affect my athletic ability too much. Sometimes I feel like...
View ArticlePain in Big Toe Can Be Complicated
Luke writes: Hello, Dr. Nirenberg. I have discomfort in my right big toe at the base or ball of my foot. Recently, if I run, jump, or simply move my foot, it feels as if there is a string tightening...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Suffer From Painful Ingrown Toenails
Allie writes: I am a type 1 diabetic, and for 16 years I have had problems with ingrown toenails. As I age, this will only continue to become more of a problem. I have hardly gone 2 weeks without...
View ArticleBeware of Corn Remover Products
Treating Corns Wrong Could Lead to Serious Problems Deidre writes: I tried to get rid of two corns, one on each of my second toes. First, by using a drugstore corn remover medication and then with a...
View ArticleIs Your Pelvis Causing Your Back, Knee, Hip, Neck or Foot Pain?
What happens with a man spends more time thinking about a triangle-shaped bone at the bottom of our back than a teenage boy spends thinking about sex? The answer is, he discovers a remarkably simple...
View ArticleWhen Good Feet Go Bad
Photos show a young woman with a tumor in the big toe of her foot. Every so often people come to see me with the most interesting foot problems. Most recently, a young woman came to see me with a...
View ArticleWhen Style Harms Substance: Fashion and Female Foot Pain
Shoes and fashion 009 – Illustration representative a couple of very sensual women’s shoes and fashionable The results from the Staffordshire University study aren’t going to shock folks at the next...
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