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Articles From Your Doctor

• Mow the Lawn, Not Your Foot
• Popular Sandals Causing Foot Problems in Men?
• Runners: Fit Feet Finish Faster
• Foot Pain Ruining Your Golf Swing?
• Daily Foot Care Avoids Diabetic Amputation
• Soccer Season: Prime Time for Foot/Ankle Injuries
• Achilles Tendon Care Lessens Injury Risk
• Fix Feet For Weight Loss Success
• Still Think High Heels Are Worth It?
• Ankle Fractures: For Many, Winter is Fall Season!
• Are Fallen Arches a Real Foot Problem?
• Golfers: Don't Be Handicapped With Foot Pain!
• Be Smart About Back To School Shoe Fitting
• Summer Games Can Cause Foot And Ankle Pains
• Sandal Season Ahead; Time To Fix Your Feet!
• Diabetic Patients Are Urged To Take Simple Precautions to Help Save Their Feet.
• Routine Foot Exams For Diabetes Care
• Avoid Winter Foot and Ankle Woes: Falls on Icy Sidewalks and Frostbite Are Major Causes
• New Advice on Toe-Joint Disorders (bunions, arthritis)
• New Guidelines Help Doctors Diagnose, Treat Heel Pain
• Female Runners At Risk for Painful Foot Neuromas
• Footnotes, the patient newsletter from the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons:
  • Footnotes Spring 2008 (PDF)
  • Footnotes Winter 2008 (PDF)
  • Footnotes Fall 2007 (PDF)
  • Footnotes Spring 2007 (PDF)
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Patient Education Links

The following links take you to patient-friendly information provided by podiatrychannel.com, a doctor-monitored resource:

Achilles tendonitis Allergic contact dermatitis Ankle injuries Athlete's foot Brachymetatarsia Bunions Calluses Charcot foot Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Claw toes Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Corns Diabetes Fibromyalgia Flatfeet Foot anatomy Foot pain Gout Hammertoes Heel pain Ingrown toenails Lyme disease Morton's neuroma Onychomycosis Orthotics Osteoarthritis Plantar warts Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) Rheumatoid arthritis Running injuries Sesamoiditis Skin cancer Tarsal tunnel syndrome Toe deformities Xerosis

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Foot/Ankle Products and Shoes

If you're interested in online purchasing of foot/ankle products which include topical creams for dry skin/athlete's foot, arch supports, pads, braces, etc. and/or looking for shoes for hard to fit feet or shoes to fit custom orthotics, please click on the links below.

Featured Links

• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• American Podiatric Medical Association
• American Board of Podiatric Surgery
• California Podiatric Medical Association
• American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
• California School of Podiatric Medicine (CSPM)
• Foot Physicians
• Podiatry Online
• Podiatry Institute

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Support Organizations

The following links are provided and monitored by Healthcommunities.com, the publisher of podiatrychannel:

Healthcommunities.com, Inc., does not endorse specific organizations. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the following links, which are provided as a courtesy. If any information requires updating, please contact podiatrychannel.

Hotlines
National Child Abuse Hotline
1.800.422.4453 (1-800-4-A-Child)

The National Domestic Violence Hotline
1.800.799.7233 (1-800-799-SAFE)

Poison Control
1.800.222.1222

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1.800.273.8255 (1-800-273-TALK)

Amputation
Amputee Coalition of America (ACA)
National Amputation Foundation, Inc.

Arthritis
Arthritis National Research Foundation
The Arthritis Research Institute Of America (ARIA)

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association

Clubfoot
Clubfoot Mailing List

Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
CDC's Diabetes and Public Health Resource
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)

Running
American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine
Disabled Sports USA

Other Podiatry Resources
American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
American Podiatric Medical Association
Lyme Disease Info

General Resources
Consumer Health Education Center
Safe Medication

This list of organizations was originally published on www.podiatrychannel.com, a website written and hosted by Healthcommunities.com, Inc.

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