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Hammertoe Cure?

Often times, I am asked about the efficacy of one pad or another. Usually the patient has either a hammertoe or painful callus on the bottom of their foot. They are wanting to know if these pads that they see advertised either on TV, over the Internet, or hear about from friends would help their condition. Understand that hammer toes, in particular are bony deformities. While these pads may remove...

Diabetic Neuropathy Drink

Diabetic neuropathy is a condition whereby patients can no longer sense pain or pressure points in their feet.  They end up with ulcers because they don’t avoid the pain/pressure points as you and I would. What if there were a drink to help with the neuropathy? Evidently, a pharmaceutical company in Texas is experimenting with a drink they say can help diabetics.  Why not heal somebody from...

Bunion Aid gets award

Bunion Aid recently received an award for medical excellence.  The splint won the 2009 Medical Design Excellence award.  This award is only given to the most outstanding of medical products. It is judged by a totally non-partisan panel of judges. The MDEA Award follows closely on the heels of Bunion Aid being honored with a prestigious international “Red Dot” design award. As I’d...

Heel Pain and Weight

If you ‘ve ever been to my office, you’ve heard the tale of the relationship between heel pain and additional pounds. It relates to how many steps you take a day, and the ideal weight your heel and foot were designed for. Figure the average human takes about 10,000 steps a day. If you wear a pedometer-you’d know your average! Assume your ideal weight is 150, and you’re currently...

Ingrown Toenail Advice

First thing to keep in mind. Do not let infections in your toenail get out of hand. If it gets to this stage, you’ve let it go on too long. As you can see from the photo, there is a large degree of infection present. However, if you’re already guilty of a little procrastination (and who among us isn’t); it might be wise to read on. The problem with such a toe is that making the...

Strassburg Sock-Night Splint Lite

Plantar fasciitis is a chronic injury that irritates many of my patients.  They have tried many things, and still get that nagging pain with their first couple steps in the morning. Bulky splints that are awkward and uncomfortable in many cases are worn by the patient at night to stretch out the plantar fascia.  Problem is that anything uncomfortable typically leads to poor compliance.  If you don’t...

Bunion Splints

One of the unfortunate bits of news I must give my patients when they come in with a bunion is that there is not a lot we can do. Bunions usually mean surgery, and sometimes debilitating surgery at that.  People would ask me, would wearing a splint help?  In the past, I’d always said no.  Get yourself some wider shoes, wear a pad, or learn to live with it. Unless you like the blade! I must...

Neuroma Pinch

A neuroma, also known as Morton’s Neuroma, is a common foot malady.  Essentially, it is the nerve that supplies sensation to your toes getting pinched or squeezed.  This squeezing of the nerve causes the burning-tingling-uncomfortable sensation that brings patients in. I chose this photo because it clearly shows how a nerve could get pinched.  As toes 2 and 3 are pointing outward abnormally,...

Even Luke Walton Gets Foot Problems

Funny how life runs random events, and sometimes these random events run in synch.  Not 15 minutes after hearing on the radio that Luke Walton was suffering from sesamoiditis and would have to miss several games for the Los Angeles Lakers, did I have a patient walk into my office with the same problem! Being as how the sesamoids are directly beneath your great toe, it would stand to reason that a...

Renewed Nail Review

Fungal nails are the bane of our existence. We as podiatrists see a lot of these thick and crumbly nails. It is a very difficult problem to treat with low cure rates. Along comes yet another new product on the market. This product is called “Renewed Nail”. It has caught the attention of this podiatrist for the following reasons: it is much less expensive than Penlac, or other topical...