foot care

How your daily habits can impact your feet

30 Nov: Bad Foot Habits Your Podiatrist Wishes You Didn’t Have

You may realize how your daily habits can impact your feet. As your body’s foundation, what you do, and don’t do regularly, could be causing long-term damage to the structure and function of your lower extremities. While your podiatrist may commonly tell you all the things you should be doing to keep your feet happy and healthy, here are some surprising habits they wish you’d give up.

Foot Facts 3 Myths Podiatrists Commonly Hear

31 Oct: Get the Foot Facts: 3 Myths Podiatrists Commonly Hear

Optimum overall foot health starts with patient education. By understanding the risks your feet face daily and what you should do if issues arise, you can make a major difference in the treatment and heeling processes for any condition impacting your lower extremities. However, the foot care information you may hear from friends or find online isn’t always accurate. In order to best treat you feet, you need to have all the facts and know what is a myth.

Foot Pain Diagnosis of with pedCAT™

21 Sep: First South Florida Podiatrist Practice Offering Advanced Imaging with pedCAT™

The Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists was the first practice to offer patients a new, state-of-the-art option for diagnosing foot and ankle conditions: the pedCAT™. This compact machine generates standard X-rays and full CT scans in less than 60 seconds, reducing the time it takes to diagnose your condition and implement a treatment plan to get you back on your feet.

Tips to keep your feet healthy - diabetic foot care

09 May: Diabetic Foot Care: Best Tips to Keep Your Feet Healthy

If you’re living with diabetes, monitoring your health daily is vital to keeping the disease in check. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes, which are chronic conditions that impact your body’s uses of blood sugar, can result in the risk of developing a host of foot problems. This is because diabetes can cause damage to your nerves and reduce the amount of blow flow to your lower extremities, which could lead to conditions such as foot ulcers, diabetic neuropathy and peripheral vascular disease.