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When reviewing X-rays with patients, I often get asked: what are those two circle shaped masses near my big toe? This question gets asked anxiously as if something may be wrong with their foot. However, it would be more concerning if these bones were not present as everyone is born with them.
These...
I sometimes recommend this Morton’s Extension Carbon Fiber insole to patients with severe big toe joint arthritis, a condition called advanced hallux rigidus, also known as stiff big toe. The joint where the big toe meets the foot loses its mobility and the pain can make it hard to walk or even stan...
Even if it sounds like it, this is not a halloween movie inspired article. Indeed, “beetle juice” is a podiatrist's first choice and a very effective treatment for warts in the feet, called “plantar warts”, or in the medical field “verruca plantaris”.
Under the scientific name of cantharidin, this ...
Once you get thick toenails, regular nail clippers literally won’t cut them. I recently was recommended an affordable nail clipper available on Amazon that does the job.
Not having to deal with the frustration of regularly breaking drugstore nail clippers and with shattered pieces of nail is indeed...
 Almost everyday a patient comes in with excruciating heel pain, after trying every tip found online and after spending hundreds of dollars in shoes and products that promise a solution for Plantar Fasciitis.
The Central Massachusetts Podiatry doctors recorded a webinar to guide you through what re...
This is a common question in the summer, usually from the beach or around the pool, but can be a year round issue. The simple answer is...see a doctor.
Glass, like any foreign body that can penetrate skin, is likely to eventually be worked out of your skin by your body's natural defenses and inflam...
Hallux limitus an arthritic condition that affects the big toe joint in your foot. In a previous blog, I discussed extensively a condition called functional hallux limitus, specifically the differences between functional hallux limitus and structural hallux limitus, which are both limited motion thr...
You procrastinated making an appointment to see us, and now that painful, throbbing red ingrown toenail is waking you up in the middle of the night. We here at Central Massachusetts Podiatry see this scenario all the time. Better late than never, though. Once an ingrown toenail becomes seriously inf...
A really good question came across our social media feed recently; “Tell us how to best care for our feet as we, ahem, become mature!”
I LOVE this question, because the answer speaks to everything I believe in as a foot doctor! The answer is simple; USE THEM! Your feet, not your shoes as the song m...
Shockwave therapy: Medicine or snake oil?
Shockwave therapy, known by several other names like ESWT, EPAT and RSWT, is a relative newcomer to the medical tool belt. Its use has been growing since the 1980’s with initial applications for kidney stone destruction. Since the 1990’s, however, shockwave...
