As parents, we’re typically pretty conscious about the amount of screen time our children get in a given day or week. Staring at a phone or television for hours on end isn’t good for a myriad of reasons, but it can be a common activity when children are working to recover from a condition and […]
Pain In My Non-Injured Foot
If you suffer an injury to your ankle or foot, it can take weeks or months until it feels back to normal. Depending on how you treat the injury, you may be forced to be non-weight bearing or limited weight bearing for a while during your recovery. Or for others, they just kind of hobble […]
More Children Being Injured By Falling Televisions
The likelihood of a child being injured by a falling TV has increased by 95% over the last 22 years, according to researchers at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. For their study, researchers looked at hospital records and injury data to determine how many children had been injured by a television from 1990 […]
Male Athletes Most Likely to Suffer Achilles Tendon Injuries
A study published in the April 2013 issue of Foot & Ankle International found that male athletes were the group most likely to tear their Achilles tendon. While Kobe Bryant might have the most famous Achilles tendon in recent memory, the study examined 406 Achilles injuries over a ten-year period from 2000-2010. Dr. Steven Raikin, […]
Foot Fractures from Direct Blows: The Travis d’Arnaud case
The New York Mets will be without the services of prospect Travis d’Arnaud for up to eight weeks after the catcher took a foul ball off his foot. The impact resulted in a fractured bone in his left foot. “He’s in a boot,” said manager Terry Collins. “They want him to do as little as […]
