Nicholas Campitelli, DPM | Akron Podiatrist | Foot and Ankle Surgeon The Foot Doc Blog – Leading Blog on foot and ankle pain
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One of the most common complaints for foot pain is the result of tendonitis which occurs when a patient compensates from another foot problem. There are two tendons known as the peroneous longus and peroneous brevis which prevent the foot from inverting or turning in when walking. Essentially they are stabilizers and prevent you from spraining your ankle. If anything occurs to your foot that causes you to "limp", these tendons work harder as you compensate.
It is very common amongst people with diabetes to develop foot problems. Per year, the American Diabetes Association indicates that 600,000 people with diabetes get foot ulcers which can result in over 80,000 amputations.
The following article discusses a new treatment option that has currently completed Phase 2 trials demonstrating favorable results for patients not responding to traditional conservative treatment.
The following article discusses how professional baseball player Addison Russell was sidelined for plantar fasciitis. What's interesting is, this is one of the few times that it was actually correctly reported as being a "strained" muscle. Plantar fasciitis has long been referred to as a heel spur or simply put- heel pain.
Suffering from a severely painful toenail that is constantly irritated with shoes and impossible to cut? Surgical removal is most likely the best option. Toenail deformities can be the result of trauma to the nail plate which can occur from dropping something on your toe, or simply through years of irritation of the nail plate on a shoe. Nail fungus can also be the cause of a deformed toenail, so it is imperative to first have the nail tested for fungus before making any decisions to permanently remove the toenail.
Skin cancer can present in places where you don't always think to look. Dr. Campitelli not only encounters cancerous lesions on the foot, but also treats them on the hand as well.
An ingrown toenail is typically the result of the nail plate growing into the adjacent nail fold or skin next to the toenail. The break in the skin allows bacteria to enter and an infection occurs.
Skin cancer can arise anywhere on the body. In this particular example a patient presented to me at the University Hospitals Wound Center in The Streetsboro Health Center. She had a lesion or wound on her leg that had been present for almost one year. Initially she felt that it was a blister although it would never completely heal. She was sent to me for evaluation and treatment for a non healing wound.
Arthritis of the big toe is one of the most common joints of the foot to get arthritis in. If caught early enough, the joint can be cleaned out surgically to remove the arthritic areas and fragments. Later stage and more severe great toe arthritis involves either replacing the joint or fusing it.
I was asked to give my comments in a recent article published in Mensfitness.com regarding new shoes created to help marathon runners break the sub two-hour barrier. Will these shoes make you run faster? You can read my thoughts in the full article here that appeared in Men's Fitness.
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