Foot Health, Toenails, Ugly toenails
If you’re a frequent runner, you know how much abuse your feet take on a regular basis. One very common foot injury that avid runners experience is a slight bleeding or bruising underneath the toenails, giving them a dark blue or black color. This injury...
Ankle Sprains & Strains, Sports Injuries
Recent studies indicate 3 most common general running related muscular-skeletal injuries are: *medial tibial stress syndrome, or “shin splints” (9.5% prevalence *Achilles tendonopathy- inflamed or degenerative changes (6.2-9.5% prevalence) *plantar fascial pain-...
Foot Health, Proper Footwear
There are various stretch exercises you can do in order to relieve the pain of plantar fasciitis. The best time to start with some of these exercises is early in the morning before you get out of bed, seeing as sleep tightens the planta fascia. However, it’s not...
Heel Pain, Plantar Fasciitis
Heel pain is likely the most common problem most podiatrist treat. Heel pain can happen for many reasons but the most common of these is a condition known as plantar fasciitis. This used to be called “heel spur” but we have long ago learned that this...
