One of the most common questions I'm asked about skin conditions on the foot is, "Is this a wart?". Here's a quick way to tell if you have a wart.
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With winter’s arrival, many of us will begin seeing patients with weather-related injuries present to our offices. One of the most common conditions tends to be Raynaud's disease. It is important to distinguish between Raynaud’s disease and Raynaud’s phenomenon as they are two clinically different presentations that are characterized by the severity of the symptoms. Raynaud's disease is the milder of the two conditions as it presents with vasospasm alone and has no association with other systemic diseases.
Have a big lump on your toe and not sure what it is? Most likely it’s a plantar’s wart or ganglion cyst. Here’s a few examples of ganglion cysts which presented recently to my office. Ganglions cysts are soft and filled with thick viscous fluid. If you were to rupture one of these cysts, they ill express a fluid that is thick and sticky like. To you it may feel firm or even “bony” but if you were to squeeze it firmly, you will notice it is fluid filled. Most ganglion cysts can be drained or aspirated in the office for initial treatment, but they have a high reoccurrence rate requiring excision. See the following examples which required excision.
The following example is a larger cyst that was extending from the joint of the great toe.
It's common to hear patients tell me they have foot pain because they have a flat foot. An overwhelming majority of the patients who tell me this actually don't have a flat foot at all. They have a normal arch. Some of them may have a variant of a foot type which makes them a appear to have a fallen arch, but it's not what we would refer to as a pathologic flat foot.
What's a minimalist shoe? It's lightweight,flexible and offers not support. More importantly, it will allow your foot to become stronger the more you wear it and ultimately help in preventing injury. Read this new study which demonstrates how the foot becomes stronger by wearing a minimalist shoe.
You don’t always get what you pay for when it comes to running shoes. Yes, you may get higher quality material and shoes that may last longer, but the extra money won’t necessarily fix your injury. I routinely explain to my patients that “good” shoes aren’t always dictated by how much you pay for them. As an example, Dansko makes an expense clog that is very popular amongst nurses and surgeons in the operating room. The problem is they’re not good for your feet. They’re heavy, rigid, unforgiving, and have a heel that places the foot in an inclined position which is anatomically incorrect. Simply put- they don’t belong on our feet. I often tell my patients (non runners as well), if you wouldn’t run in this shoe, you shouldn’t be wearing it.
Now that fall sports are back in season, I'm seeing a significant increase in children with heel pain that is secondary to a condition called Sever's Disease. It's not actually a disease, but an inflammatory condition of the growth plate on the heel bone (calcaneous) medically termed calcaneal apophysitis. This occur's most often in children aged 8-13 for girls and 10-15 for boys.
Foot wounds and ulcerations are extremely common amongst diabetic patients due to their loss of sensation, decreased blood flow and compromised immune system. These wounds can sometimes take many months to heal and require weekly visits to debride or “clean out” the wounds.
Chances are that your working boots have embarrassed you with a thick, cheese-like smell.
Some describe the smell like that of malt vinegar or distinctive putrid smell that has a sulfuric aroma that slaps every ones face within a forty meters radius causing relationship break-ups, family quarrels and awkward situations that may leave you embarrassed or lower your self-esteem.
Many who know my feelings on shoes or those who follow my blog will understand my belief that our feet work best in their natural state and not relying on shoes or orthotics. With that said, there are times when we need to equip our feet with shoes to protect them.
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