How to Treat & Prevent Fungal Toenails

If you develop an advanced, smelly, and brittle fungal toenail infection it can be very difficult to eradicate on your own. Over-the-counter medications available don’t often work that well and the infection returns. You need to see your foot doctor to completely eradicate an entrenched infection. Avoiding exposure to the fungus in the first place […]

How to Get the Right Running Shoes

Now that we’re all carefully and diligently heading into the great outdoors again, taking a nice long run may be in order. But first, you have to make sure you have the right running shoes that are properly fitted to help avoid ankle pain and injuries like plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis. Choosing the right […]

4 Ways to Be Productive While Working from Home

Whether you’re working from home due to self-isolating or to adhere to social distancing guidelines, some straightforward suggestions can help you carve out a work area and decrease interruptions so you can be more productive and hopefully maintain some sanity. Here are 4 tips to create a better home working environment: Develop a work routine—The […]

4 Simple Hammertoe Treatments

The hammertoe deformity is so named because it causes one or more of your middle toes to bend at the middle joint resembling a hammer. When a toe bends at the tip it is called a mallet toe. When all four small toes bend together you have a condition called claw foot. When your toes […]

Bursitis Can Cause Heel Pain

The inflammatory condition called bursitis frequently affects the shoulder, knee, hip, and elbow. However, it can also strike in the heel area behind the Achilles tendon causing symptoms that are similar to tendonitis, but it’s not an inflamed tendon that is causing the heel pain. Instead, the bursal sacs that are behind the Achilles tendon […]