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Bye Bye Bunions! Top Products that Prevent and Manage Bunions
One of the most common foot deformities, bunions can cause a lot of pain and affect your lifestyle. Bunions can limit your ability to wear certain shoes, cause pain when walking and prevent you from doing certain activities or exercises. Often blamed on genetics or footwear, it is actually our foot type that is one…
Got Dry Heels? The Solution Is Silicone!
I had recently undergone a surgical procedure that resulted in mild hypertrophic scars. Not only did this concern me from a cosmetic perspective but there is increasing evidence that scars can cause a disruption in normal neuromuscular control through the myofascial system. My surgeon recommended using silicone strips on my incisions to soften and reduce the…
The Best Foot Exercise, According to Research
Foot strength is an integral part of how we maintain foot posture and dissipate impact forces during dynamic movement. Chronic use of cushioned shoes and stiff arch supports has been shown to cause weakening of the intrinsic foot muscles and denervation of these muscles. Plantar fasciitis, collapsing arches and stress fractures are just a few…
Can Kids Get Heel Pain Too?
Heel pain is a condition often associated with excessive activity, age, and stress to the foot. So, it may surprise you that children are also susceptible to experiencing this condition. Youth sports, restrictive shoes, growth spurts and obesity are some of the most common contributors to heel pain in children. Below are the top three…
What is a Functional Podiatrist?
You’ve been experiencing heel pain on and off for almost a year and it is still not resolved. Every time you go to a podiatrist you hear the same thing: rest, orthotics and physical therapy – or maybe even surgery. With the advances in medicine, you feel there must be other options to resolve your…
5 Steps To Stop Acute Plantar Fasciitis
Whether this is your first time experiencing plantar heel pain or the return of recurrent plantar fasciitis, your first line of defense to calm things down and minimize your symptoms will be the same. Acute plantar fascial flare ups occur when we hit what is called a “stress threshold”. Essentially this is the point where…
Is My Talus Limiting My Ankle Dorsiflexion?
Ah, ankle joint dorsiflexion. One of the most talked about joints when it comes to joint mobility and optimal movement patterns. Tight soleus, tight gastrocnemius, heel toe drop in shoes, flat feet, high arches……sometimes it seems overwhelming to know exactly what is the cause of this restricted mobility in our clients. This article will…
6 of the Best Children’s Insoles for Flat Feet
Having flat feet is actually common in children up until a certain age, in fact a child does not fully develop their arch until the age of 7! As the soft tissues stiffen and the muscles gain strength, flat feet usually corrects itself. However in some children the full strength of the arch does…
Postural Resets to Reduce WFH Foot Pain
If the last two years has taught us anything, it has been that the once unimaginable Zoom conferences and virtual strategy meetings are now just another day “in the office”. With each day feeling a little like ground hog’s day, working from home is associated with different challenges that we must face to stay productive, comfortable, and motivated. Speaking of…