Our Podiatric Blog

 What is a Bunion? Are you looking for home remedies to decrease bunion pain? Let's get down to business and first learn what a bunion is! A bunion is a foot deformity that occurs as a bump on the joint where your big toe meets your foot (also called as MTP joint)....

 When you have heel pain, there are a variety of potential causes for it – which partially explains why so many people suffer from this problem. Depending on where you experience the pain, it could be caused by something like plantar fasciitis or Achilles tendinitis....

 A potential injury risk that accompanies running—on a trail, track, or even treadmill—is heel pain. Now, running can be a tough physical activity, but it shouldn’t be a painful one. If you have either sharp or dull pain anywhere in a foot, heel, or ankle, it is a...

 It’s a big night tonight as billions of people worldwide will tune in to watch the opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, hosted in Pyeongchang by South Korea. As a note before we go further, you may see the city/county spelled “PyeongChang”—with the “c”...

 Hockey is a very popular sport in our Ebensburg community. Naturally, there are many of us who root for the Penguins – even when the team isn’t winning multiple Stanley Cups (and, as of this writing, there probably won’t be another championship banner going up for...

 Even if you have the world’s strongest willpower, the holiday season is bound to be a challenge. It can seem virtually impossible to stay on track with your healthy living goals and plans. If you want to navigate the season without causing tremendous damage to your...

 When it comes to managing diabetes, the first step is to monitor and control glucose (sugar) levels in your bloodstream. Your primary care physician can advise you on an acceptable range of glucose, and then you need to adhere to your doctor’s orders to stay within...

 November is National Diabetes Month. During this month, communities across our nation strive to bring attention to diabetes and how the disease affects millions of Americans. There are certainly other major diseases out there, but it’s difficult to find one more...

 Stress fractures are an agonizing injury for runners. It’s not so much the symptoms per se as it is the temptation. If the injury had been, say, a bad ankle sprain, there’d be no question about staying off your feet. You couldn’t run if you wanted to. But stress...