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Does pain shoot through your heel every time you put weight on your foot? Heel pain is a very common complaint among people, but you don’t have to live in pain. To start though, we need to figure out what is causing the heel pain. Causes of Heel Pain From injury to...

Happy New Year’s from Midwest Podiatry Centers! Have you made your resolutions yet? New year’s resolutions are great for your health, but you can’t always hit the ground running. If you plan on taking up a new exercise routine, it’s important to listen to your body...

You can generally boil diabetic foot care down to two approaches: Reactive – A problem has been identified and must be effectively treated or addressed. Proactive – Take actions to reduce the risk of problems and be watchful for any that may arise. Both approaches are...

Nobody ever asks for a sports injury. You could have taken every preventative measure in the book, only for an injury to still occur. That’s simply the nature of things sometimes. But what should you do now that your foot or ankle is throbbing? What’s the best...

Preventing sports injuries to your feet and ankles is a lot like preventing a loss to an opposing team – you’ll have a much better shot if you know what you’re getting into and what your weaknesses are. While there is no way to reduce the risk of an injury to absolute...

Nerve health and nerve pain are serious matters. Damage to the nerves (aka neuropathy) can not only have a significant influence on your comfort, but on your mobility and ability to perform daily activities as well. At Midwest Podiatry Centers, our mission for...

Experiencing heel pain during or after exercise can be very discouraging. Being active is good for you, and anything that interferes with your ambitions can feel like a major setback. However, heel pain is not something you should ever try to ignore or push through....

If there is one “industry” that will likely persist forever, it’s the constant stream of “home remedies” people claim for a variety of ailments – including plantar warts. We’ll come right out and say it now: the “miraculous” methods for treating plantar warts at home...

A mild ingrown toenail once or twice in your life is certainly not unusual. Such cases can often be treated at home and become a distant memory just a few days later. But that doesn’t mean every ingrown toenail should be regarded lightly. And if you have stumbled...