Author: Janice

The Arthritis Foundation reports that there are over 100 types of arthritis. It’s a catch-all classification, including any illness that primarily affects joints in your body.  You might not think of feet as a primary location for arthritic conditions, at least not until they start to affect you. However, there are both general and specific…

With 26 bones in each foot, you have potentially 52 places to suffer from a foot fracture. It’s not always easy to recognize minor injuries as fractures, while serious fractures could require extensive surgery to stabilize.  Your feet handle extreme loads under normal, everyday conditions. These forces can keep a fractured bone from healing properly,…

An ankle sprain itself can be mild or severe, and how your injury heals plays a large role in the future stability of the joint. Overstretched ankle ligaments need to fully recover to resist further sprain injuries in the future. The podiatrists at Hudson Valley Foot Associates know that a single ankle sprain can lead…

Staying active keeps you healthy throughout your life, and sports participation is a great way to combine activities that keep you engaged and entertained. Being a weekend warrior is fun.  That is, until a foot injury puts you on the sidelines. You’re not only out of the game; your day-to-day life can also come to…

It’s irritating or even painful to walk when you have a pebble in your shoe. When you take the time to take off your shoe to remove the offender, but no pebble presents itself, it might be time to visit Hudson Valley Foot Associates for a foot health assessment.  There are a couple of foot…

It’s normal when a child first learns to walk that they do so elevated on the balls of their feet. It’s called toe walking, and most children outgrow the habit by the time they reach their second birthday.  The pediatric foot care specialists at Hudson Valley Foot Associates can help assure that your child’s foot…

Tearing your Achilles tendon is a potentially serious injury that can cause pain and affect your ability to walk. When overstretched, this tendon at the back of your foot can tear partially or completely.  We know how common Achilles tendon injuries are at Hudson Valley Foot Associates, and we’re standing by to diagnose and treat…

The most common places to suffer from nerve damage are the hands and feet. It’s called peripheral neuropathy, and it covers nerve damage anywhere outside of the brain and spinal cord.  Autonomic, motor, and sensory nerves can all suffer from neuropathy, resulting in a wide range of effects and symptoms, some of which you might…

If you’re one of the 25,000 Americans who sprain their ankles on a given day, your thoughts may turn to successful recovery once you have the pain under control. Strong recovery from an ankle sprain helps you avoid ankle instability and further injuries in the future.  The podiatrists at Hudson Valley Foot Associates have the…

There’s nothing subtle about a gout attack. A form of inflammatory arthritis, gout can strike any joint, but it’s most common in a big toe.  The pain of gout tends to come on quickly, a sharp sensation that feels like shards of glass working their way between the bones of an affected joint. While medications…