Tag: Achilles Tendonitis

Running Shoe Diaries: Need a Spring in Your Step?

Ever wake up feeling like you didnt sleep at all? You drag yourself to the bathroom to splash cold water on your face, kicking your toes at least 5 times. Your morning ritual of breakfast and preparing for the day is mired by an iron that left a rusty stain on your white shirt, missing […]

Running Shoe Diaries: It’s a Toe Thing

What is more disturbing than toe socks? Toe shoes!!! Forget the standard mitten that most shoes embody. Instead, lets think outside the box and place a glove on the foot! Its difficult enough at times to put a foot into a regular shoe, now you are asking me to place my foot AND five toes, […]

High Heels, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

She’s got legs! She knows how to use them! The Bad: Throughout history women have gone to great extremes with their shoe gear to achieve the desired look. The high heel is by far my favorite. Appealing perhaps, because it gives an impression of being taller and thus more slender and shapely. Other than turning […]

Is Your Foot Like Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer?

Do you have the sudden urge to jump up on to a roof top? Do you have an itch to pull a sleigh? Have you been searching around your house for that big red clown nose? Do you know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixon? To keep you “on your toes”, today’s blog is […]

Major Sports Injuries: Bad for athletes, good for Foot and Ankle Specialists

Scanning the headlines of major sports news this week you might find a common trend among some of the biggest names in professional sports. Last week, New York Yankee Captain Derek Jeter underwent foot surgery for a fractured left ankle. Olympic Silver medalist McKayla Moroney just had screws placed in her ankle. NFL stars Pierre […]

The Foot and Ankle. Where Does Diagnostic Ultrasound Fit In?

Diagnostic ultrasound in the foot is a very common practice in podiatry-not to determine the gender of an unborn child, but to diagnose a myriad of Podiatric disorders. These disorders include but are not limited to plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, bursitis, Neuromas, soft tissue masses, and foreign bodies. Ultrasound of 1-5 Metatarsal bones Ultrasound can […]

Foot Pain and Rocker Bottom Shoes. What Gives?

Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) is another one of the newer trends in modern shoe gear. Today we have barefoot runners, shoes that look like gloves and shoes that purportedly give you nice gluteals! What is next? One type of shoe that has always interested me is the rocker-bottom style MBT. The MBT shoe was built […]

Have Fun Dancing Without Injury To Feet & Ankles

Are you familiar with Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance? These television dance shows showcase the rigors of dancing, as well as potential foot and ankle injuries that come with the territory. For many people, dance may not spring to mind when thinking about sports, but the physical demands placed […]

Tips To Prevent Sport Injuries of Foot and Ankle

Keeping your feet and ankles in tip top shape is extremely important while participating in sporting activities and to keep you walking for many years. We at Houston Foot Specialists would rather show you how to prevent injuries, but we are also here to treat if the need arises. Remember, foot and ankle pain is […]