Blog Archives - Page 41 of 53 - Kevin J. Powers, DPM
04 November 2016
If you don’t have any issues with your feet, they simply do their job. However, understanding foot components and the roles they play—like when you spend time identifying your arch type—is useful for determining your risk factor for potential foot arch issues.
As we look at identifying foot arch issues,...
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14 October 2016
Choosing the right shoes for bunion pain is a lot like making sure you have the proper equipment for virtually any circumstance. You wouldn’t want to try hammering a nail with a dishrag or drying a plate with a hammer. We could spend all day coming up with other...
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04 October 2016
It’s best to start this post by saying that we always hope all of our patients can be treated successfully with nonsurgical methods. Fortunately, we are able to use conservative care to effectively address a wide range of conditions for our patients. That being said, surgery sometimes is a...
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28 September 2016
If you haven’t already started doing so, it’s about time to start thinking about the upcoming Halloween holiday. For various reasons—like parties and taking children trick-or-treating—you might dress up to celebrate with friends and families. No matter your costume of choice, you don’t want to experience pain and discomfort...
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23 September 2016
We had some fun in our last blog discussing some of the “treatments” people have tried in the past to cure their plantar warts. While “wart whispering” and rubbing snails against your feet have thankfully faded into obscurity, it’s time to get serious. What
plantar wart treatments actually...
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14 September 2016
As long as people have had warts, they have come up with all kinds of crazy reasons why these bumps have appeared or vanished on their skin. Whether
plantar warts on the feet or anywhere else,...
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07 September 2016
The pain and discomfort of
rheumatoid arthritis can become a regular part of life. While medications and treatments can have a significant effect on reducing these symptoms, there is unfortunately no cure for the...
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02 September 2016
Myths and urban legends exist all around us, and university towns are definitely no exception. There’s the longtime legend at Indiana University that the library is slowly sinking due to an overload of books! That’s...
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24 August 2016
There is no question that
the effects of gout can throw a huge wrench into someone’s weekly routine. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night with searing toe pain to take all the...
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17 August 2016
Arthritis is kind of like ice cream.
OK, bear with us here. They are similar in that when someone mentions either, you most likely conjure one image in your mind of what it is. However, that’s...
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As long as people have had warts, they have come up with all kinds of crazy reasons why these bumps have appeared or vanished on their skin. Whether plantar warts on the feet or anywhere else,... 
The pain and discomfort of rheumatoid arthritis can become a regular part of life. While medications and treatments can have a significant effect on reducing these symptoms, there is unfortunately no cure for the... 
Myths and urban legends exist all around us, and university towns are definitely no exception. There’s the longtime legend at Indiana University that the library is slowly sinking due to an overload of books! That’s... 
There is no question that the effects of gout can throw a huge wrench into someone’s weekly routine. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night with searing toe pain to take all the... 
Arthritis is kind of like ice cream.
OK, bear with us here. They are similar in that when someone mentions either, you most likely conjure one image in your mind of what it is. However, that’s... 
