Looking for more information about your foot and ankle troubles? Look through this helpful blog by our foot and ankle doctors. We provide tips and information that may be able to help you.
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VA MISSION Act: Giving Veterans Access to Quality Podiatric CareEarlier this year, the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) announced the passage of the VA MISSION Act, important legislation supporting U.S. veterans’ access to healthcare.
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Go Team! Cheerleaders are Elite AthletesCheerleading has come a long way since 1898, when school spirit found its voice at a University of Minnesota football game. It was a men-only activity back then. Women weren’t allowed to cheer on their team in an official capacity until 1923.
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Sizzling Summer FeetSummer is around the corner; it’s time to switch out the heavy, warm boots and loafers of winter with the bright, open-toed dress shoes, wedges and platform sandals, sports shoes and – of course – flip flops, of the new season.
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THE REAL DENVER BOOTBetcha you’ve heard of the infamous Denver Boot—the clamp that is anchored around the wheel of a car preventing it from being moved. All it takes to get a boot is 3 or more unpaid tickets (or other citations).
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SHOCKING NEW ALTERNATIVE TO SURGERYMedical breakthroughs keep hope alive in patients worldwide who suffer from annoying to life-threatening conditions and disease. Shocking? Well, in this case, yes.
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OLYMPIC LEGEND CAUTIONS NOT TO OVER-TRAINRichard “Dick” Button is 88 years old. He’s a living skating legend. A two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952), five-time world champion (1948-52), the first man to land a triple jump (a loop) and a double axel, Button invented the flying camel.
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That Sprained Ankle May Be Worse Than You ThinkSprained ankles are an injury that you shouldn’t ignore. Take the case of a guy who is a marketing professional by day, very amateur hockey player in the evening.
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IT’S OFFICIAL: PREGNANCY CAN INCREASE FOOT SIZESince the dawn of mankind women have gotten pregnant. But it took until 2013 for an official medical study to pronounce that pregnancy can permanently change the size of a woman's feet.
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MARCH MADNESS GONE TOO SOONNBA star Gordon Hayward fractured his leg and snapped his left ankle just five minutes into the first game of the season first quarter in Q4 2017.
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Flat Feet and the History of Shoes Without ArchesSource after source cites the earliest footwear as the sandals (7000 to 8000 BC) as those found in a cave near Oregon…discovered in 1938. Made of cowhide laced with a leather cord with seams in front and back.
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CAN YOU CATCH PLANTAR FASCIITIS?Plantar fasciitis is not known to be genetic nor contagious. But two elite sports legends who happen to be brothers share the pain.
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Are Your Feet Really Killing You?My feet are killing me! How many times have you heard that, or even said it yourself? Do you know that sometimes, it’s true?