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How the Way You Walk Can Affect Your Feet
When we’re discussing the way the body is structured and moves, we use the term “biomechanics.” If you break down that word into two parts—bio (“life”) and mechanics (“movement”)—it makes complete sense, especially when we look at how walking affects feet....
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Why Do My Heels Hurt When I Wake Up in the Morning?
The alarm buzzes. The light intrudes, insistently, through the cracks in the blinds. You’re nice and toasty under the blankets, but you can feel the cold of the room on your face. It’s hard enough to drag yourself out of bed in the morning even when your feet feel...
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Best Treatments for Heel Pain
Almost everybody experiences heel pain from time to time—at the end of a long day at work or vacation, for example. But when heel pain becomes chronic, it goes far beyond being a temporary nuisance. In short, it can make life a daily struggle, if not outright...
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What to Do When Your Child Has Heel Pain
For better or worse, we sort of come to expect heel pain as adults. (We shouldn’t, because heel pain is not normal at any age, but we digress.) In fairness, as we age, those years of wear and tear are increasingly likely to catch up to us eventually. When a child has...
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What You Should Know About Children’s Orthotics
Shoe inserts and orthotics are often thought of as treatment options for adults, who already have a few decades of wear and tear on their feet and ankles. However, many of the biomechanical flaws that orthotics correct can be genetically inherited, and appear early in...
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Can the Right Shoes Help Your Foot Pain?
Most people know that stiletto high heels are bad for your feet. Hoisting heels into the air, throwing all your weight on the front of your feet, and scrunching toes into a point, obviously, is going to lead to some pain and discomfort. Likewise, flip flops clearly...
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When Foot Odor Needs a Podiatrist
Smelly feet are embarrassing, but they’re nothing to bother a doctor about—right? After all, with a little shoe and foot treatment at home, you can control the stink and minimize the odor, so complaining about it just wastes a doctor’s time. Plenty of people think...
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How to Give a Great Foot Massage for Valentine’s Day
Whether you love it or dread it, Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and if your loved one expects something nice to celebrate, it doesn’t hurt to start thinking about it now. Chocolate, flowers, a nice dinner, and other little gifts are frequent favorites, but if...
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Joint Pain at Any Age: Children’s Arthritis
People like to worry that children seem to be growing up faster and faster. Normally people prefer think of childhood as an idyllic, carefree time with lots of playing and sports. Aches and pains and worries are supposed to be for later in life. Sometimes, however,...
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