“Living with diabetes increases the risk of developing a wide range of foot problems, often because of two complications of the disease: nerve damage and poor circulation,” says Brett Sachs, Read more

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created “cooling shoes” to help prevent the open wounds, or foot ulcers, common in patients with diabetes. As people walk, two forces act on Read more

Bill Releford, DPM, a podiatrist in Inglewood, shared the story of a 48-year-old African American man living with diabetes in Los Angeles. He calls him Jamal M. to maintain his Read more

“The most commonly advocated benefit is that barefoot or zero drop shoes encourage less dependency on footgear and more reliance on strong muscles of the feet and legs, which in Read more

Tomasz Biernacki, DPM states, “If bunion and flat foot formation can be caught relatively early, this will prevent permanent arthritis from developing. This can keep the foot from being unable Read more