Patel Podiatry
Blog
The Patel Podiatry blog offers expert insights on a range of foot health issues. Topics include common conditions like heel pain, fungal nails, and capsulitis, as well as tips for managing symptoms and preventing problems. The blog serves as a valuable resource for patients seeking to understand and address their foot concerns, providing advice directly from experienced podiatrists like Dr. Sanjay Patel. It’s a great place to stay informed on the latest podiatric treatments and care tips.
Achilles Tendon Facts
When you think of strength, your mind might first go to those burly people on ESPN 2 who pull buses with their ears and rip phone books in half (although the latter seems much easier to do nowadays). You might not imagine such strength residing within your own body in...
Loosen Up: Stiff Big Toes Get Complicated
Your stiff big toe can make life very painful and keep you from doing what you love. Because it’s a degenerative problem, it won’t get better on its own. Let our team at Family Foot Care & Surgery, L.L.C. help you slow down the arthritis and maintain your mobility before complications arise.
Should Your Teen Have Bunion Surgery
Taking care of your family’s health means sometimes you have to make tough choices for your kids’ welfare and comfort. Warm, nice spring weather means teens are back outdoors and being active, so your son or daughter is more likely to develop problems that cause foot...
The Foot Issues that Lead to Teen Bunions
This forefoot deformity looks the same in teens as it does in adults. A bump develops at the base of the big toe that can worsen with time and stress. It’s the result of the big toe becoming slightly dislocated from its position and leaning toward its neighbors.
Break in Your Football Cleats
After Labor Day weekend is the official start to the football season! Preseason games began in early August, but September 4 will see the first game of the regular NFL season. Fall also starts school football. Kids everywhere, from pee-wee players to college starters,...
Causes of Ball of Foot Pain
For the most part it is easy to take action when you have minor aches and pains. A pain reliever can ease a headache, icing can soothe inflamed muscles after activity, and rest does a body good when recuperating from a strenuous day. When pain arises in your foot, and...
Sever’s Disease and Baseball – Strike It Out at the Start
Sever’s disease and baseball are often paired together but there are ways to protect your kids and strike out this type of injury.
Bike Riding and Foot Pain
Lance Armstrong’s fall from grace not only shed light on doping in the sport of cycling, but it also served as a reminder that racing can be grueling for those who ride clean. While cycling places less impact on the feet than running, there can still be pain...
What Can Your Shoes do to Your Feet?
Your shoes are directly related to the health of your feet and ankles. Shoes are designed to protect the health of your feet, but adding comfort and support will help give you the best performance. However, wearing the wrong shoe or ones that don’t fit, can...
Are You Fighting Gout This Summer?
If you have gout, you may have experienced its stealthy abilities as it can sneak up on you in the middle of the night causing sudden and often severe pain in your big toe. Gout is a form of arthritis. It occurs when uric acid builds up resulting in needle-like...
Did You Break or Sprain Your Foot
There are multiple occasions where patients come into the office not knowing if they have either sprained or broke a bone in their foot. Don’t worry; there is a good reason for this. The two conditions show very similar symptoms and are often confused with each...
Recovery from Extensor Tendinitis
Have you ever worked on something that didn’t turn out well? Sometimes failures come when we don’t take the time to do things right the first time. A finished product may not be up to standards if the full effort wasn’t put in from the start. A foot injury can fall...