Treating Bottom of the Heel Pain in Pittsburgh, PA
Does your heel hurt when you take the first step out of bed in the morning?
Does it take a few minutes of walking around to “stretch out” the bottom of your foot so you can walk with out pain?
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#8 How to Treat an Ingrown Toenail? 10 Most Common Questions Asked of a Pittsburgh Foot Doctor
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#6 Do Lasers Really Kill Toenail Fungus? 10 Most Common Questions for a Pittsburgh Podiatrist
Kill the fungus living under your toenail!
#4 Running Injury Treatments, What is the Best Treatment? 10 Most Common Questions asked of a Foot Doctor Moon Twp
Running injuries, ankle sprains, stress fractures all require immediate treatment, help is close.
Diabetic Foot Ulcer on the Big Toe, Stages of Healing
Another happy patient!
Don’t be afraid to come in because you think you might lose your foot. The earlier you come in, the better chance we have of actually saving your leg and you going on to full healing and resuming all your daily activities.
I Broke My Toe – Fix Broken Toe
If your toe looks like this, you need a Podiatrist!
If you have a broken big toe, the longer you wait and walk on a broken toe, the worse it can pull apart and may lead you to need surgery to fix it. To the left is a broken toe image. If you get it immobilized quickly, you will stop further damage to your broken toe from occurring and allow healing to begin.
Achilles Tendonitis Treatments
Diagnosis of Heel Pain
Achilles Tendonitis can often be diagnosed in a podiatry office with a thorough clinical exam. If it is hard to tell by inspection, then ultrasound or MRI can be useful.
What is ESWT?
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) is an emerging treatment for chronic plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis is an irritation to the tissue forming the arch of your foot. It causes sometimes severe pain in the arch and heel of your foot. In general, treatments for this condition can be simple, but sometimes, more aggressive forms of treatment are necessary to relieve symptoms. Surgery can be a last resort for people who have not responded to other treatments for plantar fasciitis, but this surgery doesn’t always have a high success rate and can have potentially complicating side effects.
8 Most Effective Tips For Diabetic Foot Care
8 Most Effective Tips For Diabetic Foot Care If you are suffering from diabetes then you must take care of your health properly. You need to manage a lot of things such as medications, checking your blood sugar, performing proper exercise daily, making appointments with the doctor, and maintaining a healthy diet. However, it all […]
Sports Injury
Shin splints What it feels like: You can experience pain inside or outside your shins, and you’ll usually feel this sensation at the beginning of a run. What it is: Shin splints are the inflammation of the muscles around the shinbone. Fix it: You can help heal the effects by icing the area and stretching […]
Hammertoe Symptoms
Hammertoe Symptoms : Visible deformity is the most obvious Hammertoe Symptoms of these conditions. This appearance is usually accompanied by the following: Pain and discomfort. Increasingly ill-fitting footwear. Many patients eventually have a difficult time finding shoes which are comfortable enough for daily wear. Excessive friction. This causes secondary symptoms such as corns and calluses. […]
Does Jublia Work for Toenail Fungus?
Toenail Fungus is a fungal infection that effects the toenail and the surrounding skin and can be very embarrassing and painful if left untreated.
One topical solution has risen to popularity in recent years. It’s called Jublia and if you’ve seen the advertisements this prescribed topical solution claims to treat the site of the fungus at the nail or the skin surrounding the nail.
Plantar Warts on Childrens’ Feet
Children get warts on their feet. It happens. What should you do as a mom (or dad) once your child tells you their is something growing on their foot?
Safe Wart Removal Treatment
Wart Removal
There are various wart types and associated treatments. The type of treatment you should proceed with, in order to safely remove warts, will greatly depend on the type that has appeared, and its severity. Luckily for you, the Beaver Valley Foot Clinic is here to help alleviate all of your wart issues and foot discomforts. We offer several different wart removal treatments, for optimal success and comfort.
Antifungal Medications
Antifungal Medications As with any medical appointment, it’s good to prepare in advance for questions on Antifungal Medications to get the most out of the visit. It helps to write things down. What Are Anti-Fungal Medication? Antifungal medications are prescribed to patients with fungal infections. The majority of fungal infections affect the skin and nails, […]
Is toenail fungus painful? Why you should not ignore it.
Nail Fungus Toenail fungus is quite painful sometimes, and most people do not know anything about it. Initially, toenail fungus may not cause pain and it will be fine for a healthy person, especially for those who do not care if their toenail looks good and appearance is a secondary matter for them. If your […]
Hammertoe Treatment
Hammertoe Treatment and other toe deformities: Hammertoe treatment , claw toe, and mallet toe are a group of joint conditions which occur in the smaller toes of the foot, toes 2-4. These malformations never affect the big toe, toe 1, although several other joint conditions do. Note that these are true physical deformities. They affect […]