Everybody wants to look good in a pair of shoes, but sometimes our favorite pair isn’t exactly a perfect fit for our feet. If people constantly wear ill-fitting shoes, it puts your feet in a continual state of stress. Over time, the stress can damage the joints in your toes, and it is especially common […]
Study Finds Foot Disorders May Be Hereditary
A study by researchers at Harvard Medical School found that some common foot disorders, such as bunions, claw toe and hammer toe might be hereditary. The study, led by Dr. Marian Hannan, examined 1,370 individuals in order to determine if certain foot disorders where passed on from generation to generation. The average age of a […]
Vitamin D can Boost Healing Following Bunion Surgery
It has long been established the vitamin D leads to stronger bones. That’s why vitamin D levels are important to monitor before, and after surgery. Numerous studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency can halt bone growth following bunion surgery. Bunion surgeries can be challenging to perform and after you spend so much time in […]
Cosmetic Foot Surgery on the Rise
More women are resorting to foot surgery to get a comfortable fit inside a pair of high heels. Doctors and foot surgeons are seeing an increase in requests by women for a variety of foot procedures, such as shortening of toes or the removal of the entire pinky toe in order to fit into high […]
Top 5 Foot Problems that High Heels Make Worse
Not all foot pain is the result of the shoes you wear, and not all problems are fixed with bigger shoes. Just because your feet hurt in heels doesn’t mean you are going to stop wearing them. What is important is to understand if the shoe is causing the problem, aggravating it, or merely unmasking […]