As rheumatoid arthritis (RA) starts to develop, the feet are often the first place to feel the symptoms. This chronic inflammatory disorder causes the body to attack itself, affecting all the different types of tissues from joints to skin.
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Blog Articles about Foot & Ankle Issues, Treatments and Management from Sweeney Foot & Ankle, The Woodlands and Magnolia, Texas
Do your feet hurt? You are not alone – a recent survey by the American Podiatric Medical Association found that 77 percent of people in the ...
Over time, your body begins to show the effects of aging. Skin sags, wrinkles form and age spots may appear. Your feet and ankles are not im...
As a woman, you know that your body undergoes many physical changes during pregnancy. Even your feet are not immune to these changes! Consid...
When it comes to our feet, we take them for granted. We are on our feet for long hours of the day as they go through a range of abuses. In f...
In the continuum of medical conditions, spider veins are relatively common and harmless. However, many people who get spider veins are disma...
Post-surgical success requires that the patient play a significant role in the healing process. Different things affect healing from foot su...
When you consider that the human foot has more than 100 ligaments, muscles and tendons, along with 33 joints and 26 bones, it’s not surprisi...
Regular physical activity is important for good health, but many people in the United States do not get the exercise they need to stay healt...
Arthritis is a type of inflammation of one or more joints. It can lead to stiffness and pain in any one of your body joints, but is most com...
