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 | ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
More Foot Facts Women have about four times as many foot problems as men; lifelong patterns of wearing high heels often are the culprit. Shopping for shoes is best done in the afternoon, says the American Podiatric Medical Association. Your feet tend to swell 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...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 6, 2010 | Carthage, ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
Just a quick note. I have added some new photos in the header just to jazz things up. These are from some family vacations and I’m sure I’ll add pictures as I go. When our new grandson was born, I realized I needed a new camera and with that I got a new...
by Mark E. Sowell, DPM | Mar 6, 2010 | ETFA Blog, Nacogdoches, Podiatry
More Fun Foot Facts: The American Podiatric Medical Association says the average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day. Those cover several miles, and they all add up to about 115,000 miles in a lifetime—more than four times the circumference of the globe. There...
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