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How to Relieve Nerve Pain
What is pain? That’s not really an easy question to answer, but it has something to do with how and why your body responds to trauma. When something gets damaged—say you scrape your knee—it stimulates nerve endings, which sends signals back to the spinal cord and...
Causes of Neuropathy in the Feet and Ankles
Neuropathy in the feet and ankles can be painful, disconcerting, and dangerous. Nerves are responsible for everything from relaying sensory information to the brain, to signaling muscles that it’s time to move, to regulating autonomic functions like blood pressure and...
What Conditions Can Laser Therapy Treat?
It’s impossible to sum up laser therapy in just one word—things like “effective,” “awesome,” “advanced,” and “revolutionary” spring to mind. But if we had to pick one, versatile would make a pretty good candidate. That’s because the extensive, wide-ranging benefits of...
Laser Pain Therapy: Myth and Reality
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about laser pain therapy. We get it! For starters, the technology is a little hard to grasp, and almost seems more like science fiction than a real medical device. Second, there are a lot of different medical lasers out...
What Is Regenerative Medicine?
Regenerative medicine. No one can quite agree on a full, precise definition of what it means and what kinds of procedures are included. But just about everyone agrees that it’s one of the most exciting developments in medicine today. In the broadest sense of the term,...
Are Growing Pains Real?
“Growing Pains,” an 80’s sitcom starring Alan Thicke, is definitely real. That’s probably not what you’re asking, though. Growing pains, the physical phenomenon, is a little trickier to explain. Some kids do often experience unexplained pain in the legs (thighs,...
Protecting Feet from Fall Sports
The fall sports season is in full swing for kids across the country. While the positives definitely outweigh the negatives when it comes to kids getting active again and suiting up for practices and games, rigorous athletic participation can put feet at risk. Pain,...
Should Your Child See a Podiatrist?
Healthy feet are a critical component of a healthy life. If your feet don’t work the way they should, or quickly become painful or sore after a short period of time, it keeps you from getting through your day, enjoying hobbies, or simply getting the exercise and...
Prevent and Treat Ingrown Toenails for Young Children
Ingrown nails can happen to anyone, and kids—even those less than a year old!—are no exception. The condition, of course, can be quite painful with lots of redness and swelling. On top of that, kids’ immune systems aren’t as well developed as those of their parents,...
Helping Your Adolescent with Heel Pain
Growing children are supposed to be constantly on the go—running, jumping, playing sports, exploring the world around them. They’re not supposed to be sidelined by heel pain! Unfortunately, many of them are, and they may need some help from mom and dad to get back to...
My Child Has Flat Feet. Should I Worry?
Flat feet in adulthood is linked to a laundry list of problems—pain, soreness, increased risk of injury, increased risk of developing deformities like bunions and hammertoes…you get the idea. So naturally, parents are often concerned when they can see their little...
Why You Shouldn’t “Play Through the Pain”
It doesn’t matter if you’re a professional player, high-school athlete, recreational runner, or “weekend warrior” looking for a pick-up game. If you love sports and activity, you just can’t wait until the next time you can cut loose on the field of play. Of course, we...
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