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An ankle sprain is a common injury that often happens while participating in sports and exercise, but it can also occur during everyday activities like crossing the street and awkwardly rolling your foot over a curb or accidentally stepping in a pothole (while staring at your phone!). Even a minor ankle sprain can be painful, and it can be difficult to determine the extent of the injury until you have rested the foot.
People tend to have some misconceptions when it comes to the topic of treating a broken toe. As with any painful foot or ankle injury, your best bet is to see your foot doctor for the proper treatment, so the condition doesn’t continue to worsen.
CAUSES OF HEEL SPURS (HEEL PAIN): A heel spur is a protruding growth of calcite deposits that form as your body responds to abnormal rubbing and pressure.
Are you noticing your toes bending? Hammertoe develops slowly and doesn’t often cause trouble until severe bending has occurred and treatment is more complicated. Hammertoe is a toe deformity that affects one or more of the 3 middle toes with a downward bend at the end or middle toe joint. There are conservative treatments that may help straighten them and avoid future non-conservative treatments like toe surgery.
Your arches are composed of a transverse section and two longitudinal sections that combine to cover the bottom of your foot. The interaction of these segments of the arch with the many tendons, muscles, and other foot components leads to many opportunities for arch pain to develop. Fortunately, you can prevent many arch related problems by visiting Valley Stream Podiatry to get evaluated adequately for footwear and custom made orthotic inserts.
A great way to relieve stress while suffering a crisis is to try out some new artistic endeavors. Letting your creative impulses flourish will help take your mind off of your anxieties.
What causing my feet to feel tingling or numbness? Your nervous system provides the sensory and motor information that your muscles and other bodily systems need to operate. When your nerves' function is compromised, it can cause a tingling, burning, and numbing sensation in your extremities, with the feet frequently being affected.
While fungal toenail infections don’t usually cause much pain and discomfort in the early stages, as the problem progresses, the nails will become discolored and brittle, and a foul odor is often emitted as the fungi feed on your skin, oils, and sweat. Early treatment of toenail fungus infections will help prevent the need for complete toenail removal surgery, so be sure to book an appointment with our podiatrists.
Ingrown toenails can develop slowly at first and may not cause any problems until your skin is damaged and bleeding, and the pressure from your shoes pushes the sharp nail further into your skin, causing considerable pain and discomfort. Often you can avoid ingrown toenails by taking some proactive steps to prevent toenails from cutting your tender skin in the first place.
The unique characteristic of sesamoid bones is they do not have a direct connection to other bones. There are also two small free-floating sesamoid bones located in the ball of the foot. They are about the size of a pea and help with toe movement, ambulation, and support.
Having a sensation that your feet are burning is a fairly common occurrence that can be caused by a wide variety of factors. With diseases like diabetes and peripheral artery disease, a burning sensation is often accompanied by numbness and tingling. A skin condition may be the cause, or it could be your feet are tired and achy from working all day.
While having untreated flat feet doesn't cause problems for everyone, flat feet can cause considerable foot and ankle pain for many people. The often-unconscious alteration in foot placement to avoid arch pain can also cause alignment problems and pain with your knees, hips, and back as well. Untreated flat feet can also lead to more instances of hammertoe and bunion formation, so see your foot doctor for the proper care.
One common cause of heel pain, such as from blisters, is wearing poorly fitted footwear and the corresponding rubbing on the heel. Heel pain can also result from arch tears or radiating pain from another foot or ankle injury, so make an appointment with your foot doctor for the proper diagnosis and treatment.
While there are considerable benefits to working out and exercising, all that added stress and pressure increases the chances of getting a foot or ankle injury. Fortunately, by wearing supportive shoes made for the activity, using custom orthotics, and doing some physical therapy exercises for warming up, you can avoid getting injuries in the first place.
Diabetic Foot Care is highly important to preserving feet for those afflicted with diabetes. This disease can cause many problems due to increased blood sugar levels that damage nerves and slow down healing.
Are you still wondering if seeing a podiatrist is the best next step for you to take? Compared to the other large parts of our bodies, our feet and ankles contain a vast amount of bones, tendons, and ligaments for smaller body parts. Altogether, these bones, tendons, and ligaments do a very big job using an intricate system of parts that, when damaged, can cause issues across our whole bodies
ARE YOU A HIGH HEEL ENTHUSTIAST? Don’t worry, no one is here to scold you. As with many things in life, high heels are OK in moderation. This style of shoe is famously known for its leg-lengthening abilities and aesthetic appeal.
A Neuroma is a benign tumor that cultivates from the fibrous outer layers of a nerve, particularly in the foot. It can cause a variety of sensations due to the sporadic nature of an injured nerve, one of which is unfortunately severe discomfort from a pinched nerve in between the toes.
Compared to these examples, there’s a type of foot problem that is caused something internal - a virus!
For anyone who’s recently been diagnosed with gout or is at risk for developing gout, keeping a special eye on your food intake becomes so much more important to do on a daily basis.
A Neuroma is a benign tumor that cultivates from the fibrous outer layers of a nerve, particularly in the foot. It can cause a variety of sensations due to the sporadic nature of an injured nerve, one of which is unfortunately severe discomfort from a pinched nerve in between the toes.
Having a special weekend getaway to look forward to will only help your workweek go by that much more quickly. For those of us with foot and ankle issues, it’s always good to keep our feet on our mind when traveling.
A Metatarsal Fracture occurs when one of the midfoot bones becomes injured by a sudden fracture or a recurrent stress fracture.
Achilles tendon injuries are significant and painful for many. Tendons are the groups of tissues that attach muscles to bones. The Achilles tendon connects the calf muscles to the heel bone and also provides steadiness to the foot and ankle. This in turn prevents the onset of other injuries.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were one type of medical treatment that could help treat a wide variety of different conditions? Valley Stream Podiatry utilizes Laser therapy for painful foot conditions. Laser therapy uses concentrated light to accelerate the body's natural healing processes.
Plantar Fasciitis can cause severe heel pain. Our podiatrists are heel pain specialists. Make an appointment with Valley Stream Podiatry, at our convenient modern office in Valley Stream, New York, where we can be reached at (516) 825-3860.
Advanced age can make proper foot care challenging; hence, the need for appropriate Geriatric Foot Care is imperative in preserving and extending optimal foot health.
Flat Feet occur when feet do not have a normal arch when standing and are referred to as “pes planus,” which translates into fallen arches. It’s relatively common in babies and will generally go away by the time they reach the age of three however it may linger through adulthood.
Toenail Fungus is an unappealing foot condition that causes the nail to become dense, yellow and brittle.
You’ve lived with your foot pain for so long now that you can’t even remember when it started, but what you do know is that you’ve grown sick and tired of compensating for this discomfort on a daily basis.