Our feet are vital to our daily lives, allowing us to stand, walk, run, and engage in countless activities. However, we often neglect their well-being until discomfort or pain arises. When foot problems occur, it’s crucial to ask for professional help from a podiatrist, or foot specialist. We will explore why you should take into …
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Here is a short story about Lisa (name changed for privacy), a 38-year-old avid runner, who came to my office complaining of persistent heel pain. She had been experiencing discomfort for several months and was finding it increasingly difficult to get through her day and finish everything she needed. Upon examination, I discovered that Lisa …
Millions of people suffer from a broken ankle each year. Whether you’ve fallen, been in a car accident, suffered a sports injury, or had other trauma, breaking an ankle is common. While most cases need simple treatment methods, surgery is necessary for repairing severe damage. If you need to undergo a procedure on your ankle, …
Achilles tendonitis, a mild ache in the back of your lower leg punctuated with shooting pains after physical activity, is an overuse injury caused by stressing your achilles tendon. The people most likely to experience this overuse injury are also the most likely to want to push forward despite the injury in order to meet …
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In one of our blogs a few months back we talked about the podiatry problem of flatfoot. This condition occurs when the arches on the inside of the foot are flattened. The arch of your foot is important for absorbing shocks and to help with locomotion. Beyond having a flat arch in flatfoot, you can …
“Oh, my aching feet…” How many times have you heard someone say that? While it’s common for your feet to be somewhat sore after, say, walking the Silver Course at Soldier Hollow or hiking to Timpanogos Cave, regular foot pain is not normal. At our five Foot & Ankle Clinics of Utah, we’re all about …
OK, so you were getting really into The Night Before Christmas and you thought you heard “the prancing and pawing of each little hoof” up on your roof. But before you could get to the window to tear open the shutters and throw up the sash you smashed your toe into the bedpost. Um, owwwww! Soon your …
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When a person is less than fleet footed, they may have heard jokingly that they were flat footed. Usually that wasn’t the problem; it was more a lack of fast twitch muscles. The condition of having flatfoot is an actual foot problem where the arches on the inside of the foot are flattened. This allows …
Sprained ankles are common injuries, especially in active people. It’s easy to roll, twist, or turn your ankle in an awkward way when you’re out and about. But there are some misperceptions about sprained ankles, and we’d like to clear some of those up in this November blog for Foot & Ankle Clinics of Utah. …
Our veins are tasked with returning de-oxygenated blood to the heart. You can think of them as being akin to one-way highways. Valves in the veins ensure the one-way flow of this bluish, purple blood (because it lacks oxygen). They prevent backflow. But in our legs, our veins have an entirely uphill route back to …
