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Palm Desert, CA 92260
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By Harvey Danciger
January 06, 2011
Tags: fractures   foot   Holidays   stress   stress fracture  

Holiday Stress Equals Stress Fractures

Do you feel stressed during this time of year around the holidays? Do you feel that you have to go shopping, buy many gifts, and then carry them around while you do more shopping? This is what many people do which is vastly different from their everyday activities.

This puts them at a greater risk of developing a stress fracture in their foot. When activity levels increase rapidly, or carrying more weight for periods of time, can cause increase stress and forces to the bones in the foot and may weaken them. This causes them to fracture or break, which will result in the foot swelling and there being pain noted on weight bearing. Often times the foot is not swollen in the morning, however, it becomes more swollen and painful as the day progresses and you are on your foot. Day by day the foot gets worse, both swelling and with pain.

If you have to do a lot of shopping, wear good supportive shoes and take breaks periodically. Try and have a cart to carry the purchases so you are not adding extra weight that your body has to support. Take it easy the next day to help relieve the stress.

If this is happening to you, see your podiatrist for care. The earlier treatment is started, the quicker you will be back on the road to recovery.

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By Harvey Danciger
September 02, 2010
Category: Foot Health

Back To School-A Time to Examine Your Feet

 

At this time of year when children are going back to school, parents should be reminded to have their kids seen by a podiatrist. This is the perfect time to get that yearly check-up and make sure there are no foot, ankle, or leg problems which would interfere with the daily activities and sports your children will be doing at school. If there are problems which are not attended to, this can cause disability and future problems which the child may develop. As activity levels change and increase, more stress is put on the lower extremities, which can then aggravate existing problems and deformities, causing pain, difficulty walking, running or doing normal activities.

 

At a time when many school districts have less funding for nursing staff and physical education staff, causing a reduction in these personnel, children are at a greater risk for injury. This makes it even more critical to have your children see their podiatrist yearly for examinations.

 

Younger children can injure themselves while playing sports, and if they have pain and can not walk, they should be seen to make sure there is no fracture through the growth plate of the bone. The growth plate is a separate area of long bones which allows the bone to grow and reach the adult size, at which point there is no further growth of that bone. Fractures in this area require experience in knowing what to look for on x-rays and through examination, all qualities podiatrist have. We treat the feet and ankles all day and have vast knowledge of the injury mechanisms and what to look for when someone injures their foot or ankle. It is possible to twist and ankle and break the bone up in the leg or in the foot, but the patient may only complain of pain in the ankle. This is where experience counts.

 

Healthy feet, ankles and legs can help your children grow and develop normally. Isn't this what all parents want for their kids!

 

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