Custom-fitted shoes used to be an ugly sight.  However, today’s custom-fitted shoes prescribed for severe foot problems do not have to be ugly, clunky models of the days gone by.  Molded shoes begin with a cast of a patients foot which is then used to make a replica of the foot.  A...

     Your feet are perfectly designed to be breeding grounds for fungi.  Ironically, this is particularly true if your lifestyle includes healthy exercise that starts and ends in communal showers or dressing rooms.  The warmth and dampness of such environments foster growth of fungus, which can...

 According to the American Medical Association, an ankle sprain is one of the most under treated medical problems of all time.  This is because most people think that the sprain will heal on its own.  Nothing is further from the truth.  Many of my patients need surgery to fix this problem because...

     Post static dyskinesia is the condition in which a particular body part gets onset of pain when one first starts to move or use it after a period of rest.      In the realm of podiatry post-static dyskinesia is often associated with heel pain.  It typically presents with hell or arch pain...