Tracing Your Chronic Foot Pain Back To The Source

Bunions! Plantar Fasciitis! Hammertoes! Morton's Neuroma!  Just uttering these dreadful words calls to mind torture for everyone who needs the use of their feet (almost all of us).  Surely, it's better not to develop painful foot problems in the first place.   But, before you start worrying that maybe you should stop walking, playing sports or [...]

Relieving Chronic Foot Pain–Are There Effective Home Remedies For Hyperpronation?

We live in the age of DIY–"Do It Yourself"-with books, magazines and TV telling us we can do everything from building our own computer to treating our own medical conditions.  Hyperpronation is a condition that causes chronic foot pain.  Can hyperpronation be fixed by using a home remedy?   Good question; but before one asks [...]

Foot Surgeries That Fail To Eliminate Chronic Foot Pain

There are two common foot problems that cause chronic foot pain. One is a flattening of the arches (fallen arches) and the other is pain in the ball of the foot due to a dropping or elevation of one or more of the metatarsal bones. The metatarsal bones are the long bones in the front [...]

Could Your Chronic Foot Pain Be Inherited?

The article in Internal Medicine News, "Foot Deformities Are Highly Heritable," states that bunions are inherited in 89% of adults younger than 60 years of age and so, if you have bunions, you can thank your parents! Dr Hannah, a researcher in Harvard Medical School, and her team were studying 18 foot conditions (in addition [...]