We don’t often find ourselves chuckling at infections, heart disease, or other illnesses that can affect us. But gout? This excruciating condition has been at the center of jokes of cartoonists and comedians for centuries. The reason why gout is sometimes depicted as humorous lies in its causes. It is known to be a disease…

     If you are one of the millions of Americans who suffer with chronic, disfiguring toenail fungus infection, there is new hope for you.  In the past the only treatment options available to patients with this condition were topical anti fungal medications which don’t usually cure the problem or pill anti fungal medications which…

Once again the Holiday season has snuck up on us. Where did the time go? Weren’t we all just spending our weekends at Tybee, lathering on the sunscreen and relaxing? Well, if you’re anything like us, you’ll be looking for ways to give back to the community this holiday season. Below you will find simple…

  If you’ve been reading this blog recently, or if you follow me on Twitter, you’ll see that I’m training for the Charlotte, NC Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, (see mmy blog entry Breast Cancer and the Podiatrist) a 39.3 mile charity walk in October. It’s a full marathon the first day, and a half…

My ten mile training walk this weekend was fantastic, and owed in no small part to the wonderful shoe fitting I had this week, and the recommendations that led me to choose a brand I’d never tried before. Since I wanted these shoes for both running and walking–and long distance use–I had to look a…

  As a podiatrist, you’d assume most of my energy would be directed toward feet, and the prevention of diabetes (one of the major causes of foot problems in our country these days), but in my free time I devote a lot of attention to breast cancer research, and the fight for a cure.  Many…

If you are like most people, you will eventually begin to notice that the shape and structure of your foot tends to change over the course of time. This is usually a simple consequence of aging, as gravity and years of abuse tend to cause our feet to get flatter as we get older. The…

   The calcaneus is foot’s biggest bone, also known as the heel bone. Did you know that it is the most commonly fractured tarsal bone of the foot?  Its structure could be compared to an egg: it has a hard, rigid shell, known as the cortical bone, and a soft center, made up of cancellous…

Are you scared to do any athletic activity because your ankles are so weak that you sprain them each and every time? Well, we have a couple of options to help you get back to your favorite sports!   There are multiples causes of weak ankles. Ligamentous laxity is one of them: ligaments are the…

During hot and sunny summers like the ones we have, we always make sure to protect our body against the dangerous UV rays known to be cancer-causing. Unfortunately, we often forget to protect the feet with shoes or a good sunscreen, increasing our risk of skin cancer of the foot and ankle. The three most…