Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from all of us at Podiatry Care Specialists, P.C.

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Holiday Shopping

This is a busy time for everyone. Holiday shopping, running around, and being on your feet. It is important to remember, not only during the holiday season, but whenever doing long periods of walking and standing on your feet to wear the appropriate shoe gear. We generally tell our patients that anything is better then going barefoot, socks, sandals, and flip-flops. For around the house, Crocs can be very beneficial for your feet. Our office dispenses different styles of Crocs, with the most common we recommend is the Crocs Relief. They are great for heel and arch support. As for during the holiday shopping, it is not a great idea to do this while in heels, Uggs, or narrow pointy shoes. Wear comfortbale shoes or sneakers with a firm heel counter and great arch support. Happy Holidays to all and please feel free to visit our site for more info


Happy Holidays,
Chad J Friedman, DPM

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Victoria Beckham and Her Bunions

There is another very famous person in the news with Bunion pain and problems. I am going to cut and paste what was in the article. I will include the link at the bottom of the article...

Bunions Beckham: Years of killer heels have left Victoria in agony - and in need of an urgent operation
By SARA NATHAN
Last updated at 11:36 AM on 27th November 2009

The high life: Victoria Beckham, pictured this week in a skyscraper pair of Fendi platform slingbacks
Her penchant for towering heels has become her trademark.
But years of wearing six-inch stilettos have taken their painful toll on Victoria Beckham - she is facing surgery to remove her bunions.

Style may be everything for Posh, but she is in such agony that friends have revealed she is being forced to put ice on her feet and do daily exercises in a desperate bid to avoid having the bunionectomy operations advised by her doctors.
The star has said the pain is affecting her perfect posture.
A friend has told the Mail: 'The Beckham household is all about feet at the moment: David is having painkilling injections for bone bruising on his foot, while Victoria is in agony with her misshapen feet.
'She is suffering from shooting pain from the bunions. Normally, she kicks off her shoes in the house, but she has been out so much recently in high heels that she is really feeling it.'
Mrs Beckham continues to insist she will not resort to flat shoes.
'I beyond hate ballerina flats,' she says. 'I can't walk in them. Unless they're on a ballet dancer doing ballet, I just don't get it. I love heels.'
To combat her agony, Mrs Beckham, 35, has been doing exercises, such as standing on a step and lowering her weight onto one leg, and lying on her back to stretch her legs.

If Posh has the surgery, she could face at least two months out of high heels.
'Victoria calls her feet "the bane of my life'', but she is worried about having the operation because she fears they will compromise her ability to wear heels and ruin her stylish look,' says her friend.
'She puts up with the pain, but the doctor has told her she seriously needs to consider a bunionectomy or ditch the heels for a few months to let the inflammation calm down. She has not got that long to decide what to do.'
Mrs Beckham is believed to wear corrective insoles in some shoes.
The pin-thin star, whose high-end fashion range counts supermodel Elle Macpherson among its fans, loves shoes by designers such as Christian Louboutin, which cost from £500.

Teetering: Victoria's extensive shoe collection includes 6in Louboutin heels, £1,000 (left), and a £460 pair of Giambattista Valli 5in heels
The mother of three, who uses heels to boost her modest 5ft 6in height, is often seen tottering about on shoes in the most unsuitable locations.

Bunions - a deformity of the big toe joint, which grows at an angle to the foot - can become a major problem if not treated.
Posh has previously admitted her feet are in poor condition.
'I hate my feet - they are the most disgusting thing about me,' she said.
Last night, a source close to Mrs Beckham said: 'Victoria has not made it a secret that she has problems with her feet.'

Know your bunions: The bony lump that makes life a misery
Many women will have winced at the sight of Victoria Beckham's gnarled feet in her killer heels. That's because 15million of us can feel her pain - we, too, have bunions.
A bunion is a bony bump at the base of the big toe joint - as your shoe rubs on this, it becomes painfully inflamed.
Sufferers tend to have lax tendons and ligaments - these are the bands of fibrous tissue that join the bones and muscles.
If these aren't as taut as they should be, the top of the big toe drifts towards the little toe. This causes the bottom of the toe bone to stick out, creating a bump on the side of the foot.
It is overwhelmingly a female problem, largely as a result of high heels. A towering heel throws your weight forward onto your splayed out toes and forefoot, putting pinching pressure on the big toe joint.
The more you wear high heels, the worse the problem. Once you have a bunion, custom-made insoles in flat shoes can help alleviate the pain, but surgery is the only way to resolve the condition.
There are 100 procedures used to correct the deformity. Most common are variations on what is known as a bunionectomy or open osteotomy.
The surgeon makes an incision in the skin and cuts into the toe joint (a bit like jointing a chicken), then re-aligns the toe bone and secures it with screws.
After the operation, patients can suffer severe pain and have to spend six weeks wearing flat shoes with wedges inside the heels to prevent pressure on the forefoot.
It can take up to three months for the swelling to subside before you can wear normal shoes and six months before you can get back into your Jimmy Choos.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1231270/Bunions-Beckham-Years-killer-heels-left-Victoria-agony--need-urgent-op.html#ixzz0YMnmOrOm

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Happy Thanksgiving

We would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!! Please keep in mind if you are doing a lot of cooking or running around this holiday season to be in good supportive shoe gear and to avoid as much as possible going barefoot or just having socks on

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SAP Health Fair

A few months ago Dr Chad Friedman was fortunate to give a lecture at the SAP health fair in Newtown Square PA. The health fair was a success as there were many people who stopped by to learn information about Podiatry and what we have to offer in our practice. If you to would like to know more about our services and what we have to offer for your foot health, please visit our website below or call to make an appointment.

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