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WarmUp to Prevent Foot Injury

06/01/2009

Whether you are recovering from a foot injury or working hard to prevent one, a proper warm up before athletic activity is crucial. Your warm-up should have this basic structure. Start with a general warm-up. This is intended to get your heart rate...

Polio and Foot Deformity

05/16/2009

Polio is an extremely contagious virus that swept through the US during the earlier half of the twentieth century and now has largely been eradicated by the polio vaccine, created by Jonas Salk in the 1950s. It is transmitted between people usually through...

How Does Diabetes Affect My Feet

05/15/2009

People commonly think of Diabetes as a disease that interferes with glucose levels in the blood stream. What they may not realize is that this disease has several chronic complications including, among others, diabetic foot. Below you will find the...

Diabetic Foot

05/12/2009

Many people do not associate Diabetes with foot problems. In fact, the disease carries with it several chronic complications that result from having consistently high levels of glucose in the blood stream. Among these complications is angiopathy, or...

How Do I Know if the Shoe Fits

05/06/2009

Finding a pair of shoes that fits properly may seem like a no-brainer. You go to a department store, sit on one of those benches with the mirrors below the sitting area (if you ever wanted to know what the world looks like to a cocker spaniel just go...

Mismatched Feet

05/05/2009

It’s easy to look to the body as an example of perfect symmetry. Everything comes in twos: two eyes, two ears, two arms, two hands, two legs, two feet. And we expect these ‘partners in crime’ to work together in a way that makes life easier. ...

Orthotic Devices for Your Foot Condition

05/02/2009

Orthotics are insoles that you can slip into your shoes in order to correct common foot ailments, or to provide extra support when recovering from foot surgery. Whether orthotics are custom made or purchased at the local pharmacy in a two-pack, these...

Proper Footwear for People with Lymphedema

04/28/2009

Lymphedema is a condition that causes swelling in the arms and legs. It occurs when the body retains interstitial fluid (usually due to a blockage in the lymphatic system) instead of draining the fluid properly. In rare cases, people are born with lymphedema....

Lymphedema Treatments

04/27/2009

There is no known cure for lymphedema. This condition, which is characterized by swelling in the limbs caused by blockages in the lymphatic system, can be either congenital or acquired. In the US lymphedema is commonly associated with cancer, although...

Lymphedema What Remains After the Cancer is Gone

04/27/2009

Most people who survive cancer are eager to move on with their lives. Unfortunately, the emotional and physical stress caused by cancer and its treatment can leave scars behind that last for a lifetime. One of these scars is lymphedema. Lymphedema...

Complete Decongestive Physiotherapy CDP for Lymphedema

04/27/2009

Most doctors agree that the most successful treatment for lymphedema is something called CDP (complete decongestive physiotherapy) or sometimes CDT (complete decongestive treatment). This treatment requires a two step process. First fluid in the lymph...

Clubfoot Celebrities Lord Byron

04/24/2009

Thank goodness we were not born at the time of Lord Byron! The great poet was born with a misshapen right foot, which most scholars now attribute to a common foot deformity known as clubfoot. This physical defect greatly affected Lord Byron who walked...

Getting Rid of Your Calluses With and Without Fish

04/22/2009

Put down that pumice stone ladies! There is a new way to tackle even the nastiest of calluses. A spa in Tokyo, the Ooedo Onsen Monogatari, is now using fish to clean the dead skin off people’s feet. Warning: this is high class pedicure treatment...

How to Treat Hammertoe

04/21/2009

Hammertoe is a foot deformity that usually results from wearing ill-fitting shoes. The condition is sometimes referred to as claw toe, crooked toe or mallet toe. It occurs when the second joint of the second, third or fourth toe becomes permanently...

Two Different Size Shoe Wearers

03/24/2009

Some people might wonder why anyone would want mismatched shoes, but if you are one of the millions of people who have feet of two different sizes, you know that you cannot get a single pair of shoes and be comfortable. If you try to squeeze one of your...

The Answer to Your Foot Woes Specialty Shoes

03/22/2009

As with everything else, you can find comfortable specialty shoes. Specialty shoes vary according to need. A common need is shoes specifically for diabetics. Others are a result of shoe allergies, pregnancy, feet of different sizes, or legs of different...

Searching for Shoes for Different Sized Feet

03/20/2009

Millions of people have a set of mismatched feet. A majority of the population has feet of two different sizes. For most, the difference is not great enough for them to even notice, but for others, purchasing footwear can be a difficult ordeal. Sometimes...

Forming a Casual Carpool

03/19/2009

Becoming a part of a carpool is a wise idea for a variety of reasons. It not only benefits economically, in the form of money saved because you are spending less on gas, but it also helps the environment, and it can assist in the cut down of traffic congestion,...

Experience a Better Commute with Carpooling

03/19/2009

Whether you love your job or not, it can be extremely frustrating to leave your home at the crack of dawn just to beat traffic. What’s even more discouraging is leaving early for work only to be stuck in traffic. After commuting for two years into...

Specialty Shoes for Your Different Sized Feet

03/18/2009

Do you see a difference in the size of your feet? In other words, do you notice a difference in the size of your left foot and right foot? According to experts, about sixty percent of the entire population has a size difference in their feet. People...

Finding Attractive Footwear

03/05/2009

When most people think of odd shoes or specialty shoes, they automatically think of the many hideous looking shoes that you find in junk mail coupon booklets that come in the mail. I will be the first to admit that I thought that way until I injured...

Shopping Online for Odd Shoes vs Shopping Offline

02/19/2009

Shopping in retail shoe stores for different sized shoes can be expensive and embarrassing at times, especially when you’re being helped by a shoe salesperson that lacks compassion to your shopping needs. You really have to look around for a shoe store...

Shoes Designed for Foot injury

02/11/2009

Many women would choose wearing fashionable and stylish shoes over comfortable shoes. Some will even bear the pain of wearing poorly fitting shoes, such as stilettos that are too high. Often these shoes will cause foot injuries, forcing women to exchange...

Shoes after Foot Surgery

02/10/2009

Foot pain can be caused by a multitude of problems – arthritis, tumors, and skin issues to name a few. Wearing the wrong size shoes or shoes that do not fit properly can cause damage. Shoes that are too loose or too tight can both be problematic. Pain...

Sandals for People with Orthopedic Foot Problems

02/09/2009

When most people think of orthopedic footwear, the first thing that comes to mind is geriatric shoes in limited colors such as tan, beige, pearl gray and off-white. When planning your wardrobe for a fun vacation or trip to the beach, wearing orthopedic...

Ridesharing The Perfect Solution for Our Daily Commute

02/05/2009

We worry daily about increases in fuel prices and taxes, but how can we solve these problems without an increase in income? For the majority of us, we’re not going to ditch our vehicles to ride our bikes to work and to the supermarket. But we can try...

Rideshare Awareness

02/02/2009

You might have heard about ridesharing, but what exactly is it? What are the benefits? And how can you join in a rideshare program? The key to understanding ridesharing is learning about the program itself and realizing that there is no reason to not...

Is Carpooling Really Environmentally Friendly or is it a Myt

01/31/2009

A friend of mine held a job at a library in a large, public educational institution and was being harassed by an environmental group on a weekly basis because the library was not purchasing recycled paper. The fact that this cost a good deal more than...

Fashionable Orthopedic Shoes

01/29/2009

No matter where they are from, people want to look good. Sociologists have blamed this perpetual desire on advertising and skewed cultural values. Yet, certain groups of people seem to be expected to abandon this particular social concern. Those living...

Do You Wear Two Different Size Shoes

01/28/2009

Some people might wonder why anyone would want mismatched shoes, but if you are one of the millions of people who have feet of two different sizes, you know that you cannot get a single same-sized pair of shoes and still be comfortable. If you try to...

Need Corrective Shoes

01/14/2009

Corrective shoes are specialty shoes designed to treat a foot abnormality. Also called orthopedic footwear, usually corrective shoes are used to treat children born with foot problems, although they can be used later in life in adults to treat foot abnormalities...

Keeping the Carpool Spirit Alive

01/01/2009

Normally when we think of carpooling we think of the neighborhood: one parent picking up all the kids on the block and taking them to school, or neighbors sharing a ride to the office.

These informal carpools are based on mutual need and simila...