Hallux Abducto Valgus or Bunion pain is one of the more common foot conditions treated by DR. Marc Blatstein Dr. Marc Blatstein’s patients usually relate pain either when wearing shoes, or when there is pressure applied to the side of the …

The leading cause of hangnails and ingrown toenails is clumsy nail trimming. Use toenail clippers to keep them short and file down rough edges. File nails into a shape that mirrors the curve of your nail base. After trimming, dab nails wit…

HV angles on radiographic images of 32 patients were first measured using the Pi-View Star software on a digital workstation with these values being set as the reference standard. Two attending orthopedic surgeons, blinded to the computeri…

Toe exercises can work wonders if your toes are still flexible, meaning they can still bend on their own. If they have become too stiff to bend without the aid of using your hands, or are stiff even when you try to bend your toes with your…

As a longtime lyrical and contemporary dancer, I've found that the best way to dance is in my bare feet. Not only does barefoot dancing allow me to really feel the floor, it has a grounded feel that appeals to me. Sometimes, I will wear a …

Make sure you are not swinging your leg, but instead you should be lifting. You want to raise as high as you can without using momentum to lift. Using momentum to lift is called a ballistic stretch and should not be done at all except as p…

According to the podiatrists bunions are not inherited; however they will run in families. What is inherited is your foot type, and a few foot varieties are more vulnerable to bunion formation than others. So the initial goal of these trea…