Who can you really talk to about an ingrown toenail? Who can you trust with the intimate details of your red, swollen appendage without being embarrassed? Probably not the friend you meet after work: “How’s it going, dude?” “Pretty awesome, bro, but the side of my toenail is killing me!” (*whips off shoe, plants swollen…
Toes – what are they good for? Well, for one thing, they help us keep our balance. To prove it, try this brief, toe-less experiment: -Stand on one foot and lift your toes off the ground. -Hang out for a bit. -Now, place your toes back on the ground. -Hang out some more. -Admit: it…
Ever say something you immediately regretted? There’s quite a bit of that phenomenon going around in the news this month. Call it public misspeaking, spicing up our lives in so many ways. One example that raised our eyebrows: former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager made a foot-related slip of the tongue on the April 10…
Prickly, shivery, ringing and stinging are all ways to describe that tingling sensation anywhere in your body that you just want to shake off. “Pins and needles” is a good one, too. You might experience tingling in your feet if you’ve just gotten up from sitting on your knees for a while or if you’ve…
If there’s one thing that Dr. Megan L. Oltmann and Dr. Craig B. Frey want you to remember about your feet, it’s this: foot pain is never normal. You may be tempted to chalk up recurring foot pain to old age or too much exercise – but you shouldn’t. Podiatrists are specially trained to evaluate…
The spring temperatures here in Solon, Ohio are definitely on the rise. Mid-sixties this month of May so far – even a hint of the seventies. It’s not really that hot yet, so why do you have sweaty feet? Causes of sweaty feet Sometimes feet sweat a lot because of medications or certain biological changes…
Here’s a startling fact: bones can suddenly fracture with no apparent cause. It can happen anywhere in your body, such as your hip, back, or foot. In fact, an unexplained broken bone in your ankle or foot is sometimes the first sign of osteoporosis, say our board-certified podiatrists here at Foot & Ankle Associates of…
You’re probably pretty familiar with what your healthy toenails look like. What does it mean, though if your toenails seem off-color to you? Dr. Craig B. Frey and Dr. Megan L. Oltmann, the podiatrists at Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland offer these insights – a rainbow of reasons for discolored toenails and what to…
You’ve known for a while that you have a bunion. That bump at the base of your big toe is not getting any less painful, even though you’ve faithfully worked through the conservative methods of treating it (warm soaks, gel pads, rest, the right kind of shoe, etc.). You’ve seen the x-rays, discussed the issue…
It goes without saying that sports are hard on the body. Football and concussions are constantly in the news. Athletes are sidelined by knee, ankle, and foot injuries on a daily basis. Is there a parent among us who hasn’t stopped to consider the potential for bodily damage with any sport their child is considering?…
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