About 23 percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 65 have bunions. Over time, the intrinsic foot muscles, specifically the big toe, weaken and get difficult to spread. Read more

There are pros and cons of wearing sandals with ankle straps. Bruce Pinker, DPM, doctor of podiatric medicine at Progressive Foot Care in New York, points out that ankle straps Read more

The best way to find out whether your gait is a healthy one is to visit a podiatrist for an assessment, says Mark Lin, the podiatrist in charge of the Read more

There are special considerations women need to take into account when shopping for running shoes, which are often just sized-down versions of men’s shoes. “Women’s shoes are generally wider in Read more

Bruce Pinker, DPM, a board-certified podiatrist and foot surgeon and the founder and owner of Progressive Foot Care in White Plains, NY, recommends Epsom salt soaks nearly every day to Read more