Blog Posts in April, 2015
Posted on Apr 27, 2015 By officekentlands.foot@gmail.com
During your lifetime, you will probably walk about 75,000 miles, which is quite a lot of stress to put on your feet. As you get older, the 26 bones and 30 joints in your body will lose flexibility and ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2015 By officekentlands.foot@gmail.com
Since April is National Foot Health Awareness month, the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society wants to offer tips to those that are always on their feet and may need specific attention such as ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2015 By officekentlands.foot@gmail.com
According to the Korean times, menopausal women are more likely to experience sudden heel pain. Symptoms of the pain are very similar to plantar fasciitis which may be related to a change in hormone ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2015 By officekentlands.foot@gmail.com
Heel pain is a stressful condition that effects day to day activities. Running and walking causes stress on the heel because the heel is the part of the foot that hits the ground first. This means ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2015 By officekentlands.foot@gmail.com
The American Podiatric Medical Association recently published a study revealing that much of this nation’s foot pain goes untreated. In a survey of 1,000 people over the age of 18, 77% reported ...
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Posted on Apr 13, 2015 By officekentlands.foot@gmail.com
The branch of medicine that is focused on the treatment, diagnosis, and study of disorders of the lower leg, ankle and foot is referred to as podiatry. Because people often spend a great deal of their ...
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