by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 19, 2010 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
When you take a step, your foot typically hits the ground heel first and rolls toward your toes, flattening the arch slightly. As you push off the ball of your foot, your arch springs back and does not touch the ground. That’s how normal feet are supposed to...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 18, 2010 | Carthage, Diabetes, ETFA Blog, Heel, Nacogdoches, Podiatry, Sports Medicine
Orthotics, also known as orthoses, refers to any device inserted into a shoe, ranging from felt pads to custom-made shoe inserts that correct an abnormal or irregular, walking pattern. Sometimes called arch supports, orthotics allow people to stand, walk, and run more...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 11, 2010 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
Each week a few patients will present with the complaint of a burning, “hot rock”, pain in the ball of their foot. Typically the pain is worse in shoes and when walking. Now there are several possibilities as far as diagnosis, but one of the most common is...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 10, 2010 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry, Skin
I’ll never forget a golf outing about ten years ago when I had just returned to Nacogdoches to practice podiatry. I was grouped with three older guys and we were playing in a scramble. After a few holes together, they realized that I was a foot doctor for a...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 9, 2010 | Carthage, Diabetes, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry, shoes
The diabetic shoe bill provided through Medicare is a great program. This bill provides diabetic patients on Medicare an opportunity to get one pair of shoes and three sets of inserts annually. Like all Medicare programs, there are abuses of this coverage by...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 8, 2010 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
Since so many people suffer with plantar fasciitis many people have heard of the plantar fascia. I like to describe it as the support for our arch and it is fairly prominent along the bottom of the foot when we lift the big toe (hallux). Today I write about a...
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