Posted by Jenn F. on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Your big toe hurts. More specifically your big toe's toenail hurts. Hmm, better take a look down there--AAUGH!! What's that? My toenail looks like it's shrinking and sinking under the skin of my toe! Is my toe attacking my toenail?! Toenail! Toenail! Can you hear me? What's happening? TOENAIL!!!! Chances are pretty good that your toenail is not going to answer ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Yesterday we talked about buying the right-sized shoes for you, an adult (I doubt many eight year olds are reading this, but if there are any, welcome future podiatrists!). Today let's look at some helpful hints for buying shoes for children. When should my child start wearing shoes? Babies' feet will develop and strengthen best by going barefoot, so there's really ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Monday, February 27th, 2012
What size shoe do you wear? Sounds like an easy question, right? But if someone asked me, my answer wouldn't be an enthusiastic "6 1/2." It would be more like, "6 1/2, sometimes 6, a 7 in running shoes, probably boots, too, so I have room for heavier socks..." I'm sure most people would give a similar response. The primary reason we ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Friday, February 24th, 2012
You may overhear conversations like this sometime during the summer or fall: Fantasy Team Owner 1: What?! Williams is out AGAIN? I need him to win my match up this week! Fantasy Team Owner 2: What's wrong with him? Fantasy Team Owner 1: He's got turf toe. Fantasy Team Owner 2: Turf toe? He can't play with some little toe injury?! Fantasy Team Owner 1: ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
There are so many injuries and deformities that can happen to your feet (after all, feet: you wear them every day). Some of them you may know about, some may be less familiar. In this blog, I hope to try to cover as many as possible so you'll be able to recognize and understand what's going on with your feet. And ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Whether you're traveling to a tropical area for business, pleasure, or to do some good, one of the things you're bound to be warned about before you leave is malaria. There's a good reason for that--malaria is one of the plagues of the developing world. The disease is transmitted by a type of mosquito that thrives in tropical climates. The ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Has this ever happened to you? You: I'm just going to kick off my shoes and relax. Family Member 1: I just remembered, I have to check on something in the oven...at Grandma's house. In Uruguay. Friend: Oops, did I mention that I'm going on a trip to the South Pole? Now? Co-worker: Oh wow, I have to go wash my pens. See you ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Monday, February 20th, 2012
Each foot has about 250,000 sweat glands. That means your feet are likely to sweat at any given opportunity. Now they're not doing this to embarrass you or make you uncomfortable, no, your feet sweat because that's how your body cools itself down. That's what your body does. It's a fact of life. Nevertheless, it's an unpleasant fact, and sweaty feet ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Friday, February 17th, 2012
If you were rating bones by the melodiousness of their names, the sesamoid bone would rate very highly. Quick, come up with a challenger. Okay, I guess phalanges (toe and finger bones) is pretty good, but we're not here to talk about hands, we're here to talk about feet!! And the sesamoid bones are part of your feet--a small part, ...
Posted by Jenn F. on Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Athlete's foot. Yuck. It's a fungus that grows on your feet and makes them hot, itchy, and miserable. The fungus thrives in warm, moist places--that's how it gets its name, from locker rooms where the atmosphere is warm, sweaty, and wet, with damp shoes, damp feet, and damp towels everywhere you turn. It's an eager little fungus, too. Step in ...
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