The Risks of Rucking
We already know that daily walking helps your health…but only if you do it right. However, strapping 20 to 40 extra pounds to your body fundamentally changes how your feet strike the ground.
How to Solve Common Back-to-School Foot Problems for Kids
Sending your kids back to class means dealing with sudden growth spurts, locker room germs, and sports injuries. At the Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland, we see a surge of these problems every autumn, so we’re quite familiar with how to handle them…and prevent them!
Is It Time to Replace Your Custom Orthotics?
If you rely on prescription inserts to keep you moving comfortably, you might be wondering how long they actually last. Foot and Ankle Associates of Cleveland takes pride in designing Custom Orthotics that are built to withstand heavy daily use. Still, we also know that even the highest quality medical devices undergo normal wear and tear over time.
Why Does It Feel Like I’m Walking on a Pebble?
Have you ever taken off your shoe because it felt like something was stuck inside, only to discover there was nothing there? If it constantly feels like you’re walking on a pebble, even when your shoe is empty, it’s a sign that something more than simple irritation could be going on.
How Your Golf Swing is Secretly Hurting Your Big Toe
Summer is the perfect time to hit the local links and perfect your drive. However, if you consistently walk off the eighteenth hole with a throbbing, swollen big toe, your footwear is failing you.
Plantar Fasciitis, Tendonitis, and Running Spring Miles
Spring training means more miles for runners, more time outdoors…and way more overuse injuries for us to treat! It makes sense: after all, when you rapidly increase your mileage or intensity outside, your tendons and bones take the brunt of the impact.
3 Medical Myths About Diabetic Foot Care
If you have diabetes, foot care isn’t just about comfort. It is about limb preservation! Chronically high blood sugar damages the tiny blood vessels and nerves in the lower extremities. This leads to Peripheral Neuropathy (loss of protective sensation) and poor circulation. A minor scrape that a healthy person would heal in a week can quickly escalate into a life-threatening ulcer for a diabetic patient.
Why Does Getting Healthy Hurt Your Feet?
You finally decided to prioritize your health. You cleaned up your diet, joined a gym, or started walking three miles a day. You are shedding pounds, your clothes fit better, and you feel great…except for one glaring problem. Your feet hurt. At Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland, we know this phenomenon well. It is one of the most common reasons active adults end up in our treatment chairs.
CrossFit & The Achilles
The Box Jump. We see more Achilles ruptures from this single exercise than almost any other gym activity. For this blog post, Foot & Ankle Associates of Cleveland will explain why that’s the case (and how you can avoid getting hurt!).
Is Your Kinetic Chain Out of Whack?
These days, we demand efficiency. We want our phones to be fast, our coffee to be instant, and our healthcare to be precise. Yet, many of us are walking around on a “system” that is out of alignment, causing a ripple effect of pain throughout our entire body.
That system is called the Kinetic Chain.
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