Homeowners everywhere are venturing outside to tend to all things lawn and garden. Getting those flowers to grow and keeping the lawn tamed to a reasonable height requires certain kinds of footwear.
Protect Your Feet from Lawn and Garden Hazards
Category: Foot Care
Learn the Facts about Smoking, Vaping, and Your Feet
“World No-Tobacco Day” comes around every year on May 31. You may wonder why our expert podiatrists are interested in such an observance.
Why Do Your Feet Itch?
How’re you sleeping lately? If you’re like most people, turning off the stimulus of the day isn’t always an easy process.
5 Ways Your Smartphone Can Help You Manage Diabetes
With the introduction of the iPhone around 2007, the word “app” became synonymous with something that could make our life easier. So it is with apps that help people with medical conditions like diabetes.
What Should You Do about Swollen Feet?
With the exception of injury, you can try home treatment when the reason for foot swelling seems clear. These include walking around to get your circulation going, resting with your legs propped up higher than your heart, and limiting your intake of salt (which encourages water retention).
4 Compelling Reasons to Visit a Foot Doctor
Happy New Year to our friends, families, patients, and future patients! At Montgomery Foot Care Specialists, we want you to be aware of some very specific situations that warrant a visit to the podiatrist.
Resolve to Treat Your Feet Well in 2019
When was the last time you made a New Year’s resolution about your feet? Never? Well, our expert podiatrists would be ecstatic if “foot care” resolutions became as common as taking out gym memberships and stocking up on fresh vegetables!
5 Tips for People Who Stand All Day Long
Teachers, nurses, and cashiers could tell you all about their aching feet. So could hairdressers, pastry chefs, and mail carriers. These are people who spend a lot of time standing up on the job. If you spend the bulk of your day vertical as these folks do, it’s normal for your feet to feel tired. […]
What the Great American Smokeout Means to Your Feet
Smokers have known about the dangers of cigarettes since the 1960s. That’s when Congress put an official warning on cigarette packages that smoking involves very real health risks. Little kids from coast to coast have been taught this in school for decades. We’ve all seen the side-by-side lung samples – one fresh, pink, and healthy; […]
What Your Feet Want You to Pack for Vacation
If you’re planning a last hurrah summer vacation or a fall getaway, Dr. Chanda L. Day Houts and Dr. Heidi M. Christie encourage you to start thinking about how your feet will feel about it. Hopefully, your vacation will be a time to relax and recharge. But whether you travel to your destination by plane, […]