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Why Ankle Sprains Are Worse Than You Might Think
Sprained ankles are, almost certainly, the single most common acute lower extremity injury—if not the most common acute injury, period. Your ankles are an obvious weak point for the body. Essentially the full weight of your entire body rests above. And your ankles...
First Aid for Foot Trauma
Foot and ankle traumas can happen on the basketball court, at the job site, or even after taking an awkward step off the curb or down the stairs. You can’t always predict when they’ll occur, but you can control your response. Quick-thinking first aid will help you...
Alternatives to Surgery for Foot Injuries
From bones or tendons that crack or twist in a sudden instant, to dull aches that grow increasingly painful over time, foot and ankle injuries can throw a major wrench into your plans. At some point, you know you can’t keep going on—you need treatment if you’re ever...
Know When Your Feet Need a Rest
Although we always say that foot pain is not normal—and it isn’t!—we’re also quite confident that pretty much everyone has experienced sore, achy feet at one point or another. A tough day of hiking, a long day on your feet at work, training for a new sport, or even...
How to Protect Your Feet from a High-Impact Life
Gravity, body weight, and impacts from walking, running, and jumping make a forceful combination. In fact, your feet have to absorb a much greater force from activity than you probably realize! When you take a step, walking at a comfortable pace, your feet absorb an...
Tips for Reviving Dry Feet
Scientists estimate that the human body is roughly 70% water. Combine that with the fact that all of the essential physical functions—digestion, breathing, muscle movement—require this valuable resource and it is easy to understand the importance of adequate...
How to Keep Your Feet Happy at Work
Full time work can really work your feet over, especially if you have to do a lot of standing or walking on the job. Between aircraft manufacturing, healthcare, and education (among others), there’s certainly no shortage of those kinds of jobs around Wichita!...
Steps for Keeping Nerves in the Feet Healthy
If you want to protect yourself against the worst foot injuries and complications—broken bones, open wounds, gangrene, Charcot deformity, and other problems that could even force an amputation—it’s absolutely critical that you keep your nerves healthy and strong....
When It Feels Like a Pebble Is In Your Shoe…
A Morton’s neuroma can leave you with a nearly-constant unwelcomed pain when you walk or stand. Some people describe it like standing on a pebble or marble; to others it might feel like a fold in a sock they can never straighten out. The intensity can range from a...
Treatments for Nerve Pain
Nerve pain isn’t like other kinds of injuries, like a broken bone or a stubbed toe. When nerves are disrupted through an illness or physical pressure, it impairs (or even breaks) the connection between your brain and your body. All of a sudden, you may feel...
What Could Be Causing Nerve Pain in My Feet?
Of all the many different conditions and ailments that can cause pain in the feet and lower legs, nerve damage is often among the most frustrating, and even frightening, for patients. Because nerves are responsible for relaying communication between your body and your...
Protect Your Feet in Public Places
For some people, there’s nothing better than the natural feel of going barefoot. The cool breeze, feet on gentle grass or cold stone—we definitely sympathize! That said, bare feet are a prime target for fungal infections and accidental injuries, and the risk might be...
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