“To determine your foot type, look at the soles of a pair of worn-in shoes,” says Dan Michaels, DPM. This is because the wear pattern illustrates where you accumulate the most pressure when walking, he explains. People who pronate will notice that their shoes look the most worn on the inside of each shoe. Pronators…

How can shoes be ill-suited for your feet? Let us count the ways. You could be wearing shoes that simply don’t fit. Maybe they’re a half-size too small, and they pinch your feet, or maybe they’re too large, and your feet are sliding around in them, which may cause blisters.    You might not even…

“September is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month and is a Great Time to Knock Your Socks Off,” says Dan Michaels, DPM, a podiatric foot and ankle surgeon, specializing in vascular conditions of the foot, ankle, and lower leg. “That’s because your feet could contain vital clues to clogged arteries,” continued Dr. Michaels.   “A…

“Foot pain is never normal,” said Dan Michaels, DPM. “The longer diagnosis and treatment are delayed, the more susceptible a person is for future injuries. We might shake off a mild ankle or foot injury by icing it or resting for a few days,” he said. “If the ankle or foot is stiff in the…

Consider bunion surgery only when the pain becomes unbearable, experts say. “I don’t tell patients when they need it, they tell me,” Dan Michaels,  DPM says. “It’s usually when they have pain – with or without the shoe on – or can’t walk or run without pain. They think about their feet all the time….

You may have never given a second thought to the state of the equipment during your nail appointments, but Dan Michaels, DPM states that salon-induced infections are “more common than you would think. Throughout my years in practice, I have seen my fair share of skin and nail infections secondary to my patients going to nail…

Is it ever okay to wear a running shoe for walking? While it’s not ideal, it makes sense for some people. So, if you have found that walking in running shoes works for you, take necessary precautions to avoid injury. You can add arch support to your running shoes; it may help prevent arch pain…

If you’re a runner with high arches, then there are even odds that you’ve been running in the wrong shoes for some time now. And that’s a great way to set yourself up for injuries. When someone has a high arch, their foot tends to be more rigid in nature because of the anatomy that’s…

“There’s a common misconception that it’s normal for your ankles to roll when you’re walking,” says Daniel Michaels, DPM. It’s not true. Typically, these problems start as an ankle pain and old sprains from when people were younger that resurface in your 30s and 40s when the ankle ligaments may not hold as tight as…

If you have flat feet or high arches, finding the appropriate shoe with supportive arches is a must. And why exactly? Dan Michaels, DPM says, “The arch is the ultimate architectural design [of the foot],” and having adequate support for your arches enables your feet to “function as an accelerator and decelerator of motion, provides…