Chilblains are a disorder observed as a reddish, itching, as well as inflamed skin as a result of cold exposure. The most beneficial therapy for this is to utilize a effective cream and use socks that keep the foot comfortable. With regards to picking the right socks for chilblains, it’s extremely important to care most […]
There are a lot of different foot creams that are available out there with almost every one of them alleging is the most effective and able to work miracles to solve every case of dried-out skin on the foot. If there is skin around the foot which can be dried out or hard skin about […]
Parents so often worry about their kid’s teeth, eyes, and most other regions of the body, but don’t get worried so much over the developing foot. Plenty of adult foot problems can have their origins when people are young, awareness to footwear in children can minimize the risk of these problems in adults. Importance of […]
Overpronation is among the most abused and misunderstood lingo in running as well as health professional groups, particularly when it relates to the prescription of running shoes. The main typical model of the design of various running shoes are derived from the thinking behind the normal or neutral posture of the feet. Pronation is when […]
Diabetes has started to become so common, it is almost as though we have become complacent about it. The prevalence is increasing in most countries despite public health strategies are trying to take care of the obesity epidemic which is underpinning the diabetes problem. Diabetes has a number of complications that all join collectively to […]
The cuboid is a small cube shaped bone on the lateral side of the foot around about the middle of the foot. The bone is a little larger than a common gaming dice. The bone takes part in three joints and functions as a lever for the tendon of the peroneus longus muscle to pass […]
Splits in the skin around the heel are frequent, are painful, and don’t look very good. This occurs when the fat pad under the heel expands out sideways under the heel and the dried-out skin cracks or splits to develop a heel fissure. A great way to fully understand these is to use the analogy […]
There is a old process from rural China which involved the binding of the feet of female young people to stop them from developing. It was a brutal practice and was very painful and disabling to the feet. It was done as a smaller sized foot was considered a desirable feature in the female and […]
Running without shoes was all the rage not too long ago but interest in it and the number doing it have decreased considerably. It was a fad that continued for a couple of years and was largely influenced by social media commentary. This was a temporary trend towards barefoot running which started about 2009 with […]
Bunions, or even more precisely, hallux valgus or hallux abducto valgus occurs in numerous shapes or forms. The disorder is one of an enlargement of the big toe joint of the foot (bunion) and an pointing over of the big toe or hallux laterally in the direction of the other toes (abduction and valgus). They […]