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Follow on Google News | Dr. Spitz’s Top Ten List of Common Foot ProblemsThis week - a Top Ten List you're not likely to see on David Letterman's show: my own TOP TEN LIST OF COMMON FOOT PROBLEMS, along with their causes and recommended treatments:
By: Dr.Marc Spitz 10 BUNIONS AND HAMMERTOES CAUSES: ill-fitting shoes, arch problems, injury, heredity. Treatments: 9 FLAT FEET (can make walking painful). Causes: 8 GOUT severe and sudden pains, usually around the big toe joint Cause: elevated uric acid. Treatment: 7 ATHLETE’S FOOT inflamed and itchy skin, usually between the toes. Cause: 6 PLANTARS WARTS Painful cluster of growths on the bottom of the feet. Cause: 5 PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY pain, burning, numbness and tingling in the feet. Causes: diabetes, post chemotherapy, spinal problems, and others. Treatments: 4 PLANTAR FASCIITIS/HEEL PAIN. Cause: inflammation of a broad ligament on the bottom of the foot. Treatment: 3 THICKENED YELLOW FUNGAL TOENAILS (MYCOTIC TOENAILS). Cause: fungal infection of the nail cells. Treatment: 2 CORNS AND CALLUSES. Causes: 1 INGROWN TOENAIL. Cause: # # # The Foot Pain Center was established in 1974 by Dr. Marc Spitz. An all-inclusive practice, we offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic medical care for patients with general foot and toenail disorders, diabetic problems and peripheral neuropathy. End
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