by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Dec 27, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Foot Surgery, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
A plantar fibroma is a fibrous knot (nodule) in the arch of the foot. It is embedded within the plantar fascia, a band of tissue that extends from the heel to the toes on the bottom of the foot. A plantar fibroma can develop in one or both feet, is benign...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Dec 23, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Heel, Podiatry
A very common description of foot pain from my patients at Sowell Podiatry is the complaint that “my feet hurt when I get out of bed in the morning”. Now this can be caused by many things, but I would like to explain the phenomenon of post-static dyskinesia that my...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Dec 21, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Heel, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
A few quick misconceptions about heel spurs: That they have to be cut out for the pain to go away. That they are digging into your flesh. That they are due to a “stone bruise”. In fact, if we took one hundred people off the street and took x-rays ten would have heels...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Dec 19, 2011 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Foot Surgery, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
The term Hallux Rigidus describes a limited motion of the big toe joint. The hallux, or big toe, becomes rigid and will no longer move up and down freely. Also known as a dorsal bunion or Hallux Limitius, the condition is most commonly caused by every day wear and...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Dec 15, 2011 | ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
“Flat feet” or pes planus is a term we hear thrown around quite a bit. Many patients plop down in my podiatry chair each day and proclaim “I have flat feet”. What they are describing is a foot that has no arch and sometimes the whole bottom of the foot touches the...
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