Summer vacations are a great chance to rest and recharge. Ensure a foot or ankle problem doesn't derail your fun. Help your feet help you get the most out of your vacation with these tips from New York Foot Health
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At NY Foot Health, we want to encourage all our patients to make fitness a priority. Regular exercise has many benefits to your podiatric and overall health. Below are some common reasons fitness resolutions fail and what to do about them.
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Sesamoids are bones embedded in tendons. In the foot, two of these corn kernel-size bones are at the base of the big toe. The sesamoids act like pulleys helping the tendons move the big toe and giving it leverage as the toe pushes off. These bones play a pivotal role in your ability to walk, run, jump, and make many other common motions.
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If there’s one test every parent wants to ace, it’s shopping for shoes for their children to start the new school year. At NY Foot Health, we want to provide a study guide to make this end-of-summer task a bit easier to accomplish.
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Our podiatrists are finding that many patients are suffering from foot and ankle problems as we emerge from the pandemic.
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If one of your resolutions was to exercise regularly, we want to help you to find ways to keep it going.
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We know this time of the year has extra demands on your feet as you work to get everything on your wish list done in time. To help your feet make it across the holiday finish line and still be of good cheer, here are six tips.
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Each September, the National Council on Aging sponsors Falls Prevention Week. Here are some tips and suggestions to reduce the risk of falling for yourself or an older person you love.
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At NY Foot Health, we encourage children and teens to be active. A sport or other regular physical activity is an important component of a healthy lifestyle that benefits your feet and the rest of your body.
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Did you know that bunions are a progressive condition—meaning that they will continue to get worse, not better, without treatment? At NY Foot Health we know many patients with this common condition believe it’s just something they have to live with. There are, however, ways you can slow the progression of a bunion and good reasons to do it.
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