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Stress fractures of the foot are becoming more common in runners, especially first-time marathoners. The growing popularity of marathons among beginning runners has contributed to the increase in repetitive stress injuries, including stress fractures of the foot, seen in our clinic. Often, first-time marathoners enter a race with little or...

Skeletally immature kids, starting and stopping and moving side to side on cleats that are little more than moccasins with spikes – that’s a recipe for foot and ankle sprains and worse. Kids will play with lingering, nagging heel pain that, upon testing, turns out to be a stress fracture...

Treatment and prevention of adult flatfoot can reduce the incidence of additional foot problems such as bunions, hammertoes, arthritis and calluses, and improve a person’s overall health, according to research published in an issue of the Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery. Overweight males in white-collar jobs are most apt...

Indoors and outdoors, youth athletes stay active year-round in competitive sports, and for many of them heel pain has become “just another part of the game.” Foot and ankle surgeon, Kevin Myer DPM, FACFAS, advises that when a child complains of heel pain, it should be diagnosed promptly because it...

Problem:  Patient presents to the office complaining of pain to her foot, specifically the 2nd toe region.  She also noted how she had been wearing a bunion toe separator for a period of time shortly before the onset of her symptoms.   Outcome:  Toe splint created so much pressure against...