Our Podiatric Blog

 Starting to run is one thing. Continuing to run is another.If you started hitting the pavement in the fall, odds are a bit higher that you’re not feeling it so much now as it would be if you had started during another part of the year.Why is that? Well, when you...

 It’s never too late to think about taking up a running program! If you like the breeze on your face outdoors, Cambria County features plenty of great trails to take advantage of. There’s the Jim Mayer Riverswalk Trail that winds along Johnstown, the huge Ghost Town...

 The idea of exercising with arthritis in your feet or ankles might seem ludicrous at first. If your joints are already experiencing damage, wouldn’t adding activity potentially make things worse? They already hurt, after all! The good news is that an arthritic joint...

 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...