Foot Care Blog
18 Apr Marathon Foot Care Tips
Marathon Foot Care Tips
If you are a runner and going to be running in a marathon, you know the importance of keeping your feet healthy before and after the marathon. There are a number of strategies that you can take in order to keep your feet healthy and allow you to run the best marathon that you can. Our podiatrist in Bellmore, Merrick, East Meadow, and Wantagh offers a number of services to keep your feet healthy before you compete in the marathon as well as offering different treatment options for post-race recovery.
05 Apr Athlete’s Foot Treatment in Bellmore
As an athlete, how can you be expected to maintain an active lifestyle without taking proper care of your feet? The average person is expected to walk roughly 110,000 miles in their lifetime. Athletes, meanwhile, live their daily lives with an above-average degree of physical activity, pushing them past that...
19 Mar Jones Fracture
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A Jones fracture is a foot injury involving the fifth metatarsal along the outside of the foot connecting to the pinky toe. Because Jones fractures are often mistaken for ankle sprains, they often go undiagnosed and can lead to more serious problems. Luckily, our podiatrists in Bellmore at Cherrywood Foot...
15 Mar Podiatry in Massapequa – Cryotherapy Long Island
When someone gets injured, we typically tend to think of using ice and applying it to the area in pain for different intervals of time. This concept of using low temperatures to treat an injury is taken to extreme levels with the implementation of cryotherapy. Cryotherapy, at its core, uses...
13 Mar Best Podiatrist on Long Island for 2018
Managing your overall health is something that can be difficult without the proper help. Did you know that you can benefit greatly from visiting a podiatrist? That is why we are here to help you and inform you of exactly what we do! A podiatrist plays an important role in...
16 Feb Treating Toenail Fungus
Toenail fungus, or onychomycosis as it’s commonly referred to, can be very distressing to those people who have it. Being aesthetically displeasing to the eye, combined with creating pain or difficulty while working, toenail fungus is unfortunately very common in the United States with 35 million people suffering from it....
02 Feb Pedicure – Pros and Cons
The start of the Pedicure Many people just think pedicures are only a cosmetic function but that is not the case. The word pedicure itself comes from the Latin origin of pes cura where pes means foot and cura means to care. Back in history, the pedicure was a treatment...
17 Jan What To Do/Look Out For With Your Flat Feet
Flat Feet You've heard the term having flat feet but what actually is it? Being flat footed means the arches are flattened on the inside of your feet which allows the soles of your feet to touch the floor when you stand up. Having flat feet often occurs when the...
02 Jan Healthy Feet During The Winter
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When it comes to preparing for winter you’re probably thinking about stocking up on the warmest clothes, snow removal supplies, and home heat maintenance. And while that’s a great list, there’s one more question you should pose: Am I taking proper care of my feet? Often overlooked, keeping your feet...