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The Tendons of Your Feet and What They Do
Your body is an amazing machine made up of many connected parts that work together to allow movement. A tendon, also known as a sinew, is a fibrous tissue that helps to facilitate this movement.1 Tendons join muscles to their corresponding bones. Without tendons, your...
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What is Cuboid Syndrome?
The cuboid is one of the smaller bones of the foot. It’s attached to the heel by a series of ligaments. This little bone, which resembles a cube (thus, the name), can cause big problems if you develop a condition known as cuboid syndrome. Here’s some information on...
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How to Prevent Blisters From Forming (6 ways to avoid them)
There’s nothing like having a blister on your foot to remind you how hard your feet work for you every day. Blisters are painful, fluid-filled sacs of skin that form on many areas of the body, particularly the feet. An estimated 5.2 million people suffer from blisters...
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How To Get Rid of a Foot Cramp (5 effective tips)
Get a paper cut and you can still go about your day, but get foot cramps? You’re essentially immobile … ouch! Your feet are home to more than 100 muscles, ligaments, and tendons.1 Your foot muscles work hard each day to help you walk. Unfortunately, these muscles can...
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Best Home Remedies for Athlete’s Foot (6 inexpensive fixes)
Itchy, red, irritated feet – if you have athlete’s foot, you’ll want to find a way to get rid of it ASAP! Athlete’s foot, also called tinea pedis, is a type of fungal infection of the feet. It usually starts between toes. Symptoms include scaling skin, redness,...
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What Is Plantar Fasciitis and How To Deal With It
If you’ve ever experienced a sharp, stabbing pain in the bottom of your foot, there’s a chance that you’ve had to deal with plantar fasciitis. This condition is one of the more common reasons for heel pain, and one that can be debilitating if you don’t get it treated....
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What Causes Water Blisters on the Toes?
Water blisters on the toes can be annoying and uncomfortable. And you’ve almost certainly experienced one, if not many, in your lifetime. Unlike blood blisters, water blisters appear as a clear, pocket of water. The clear fluid in a water blister is actually “serum” —...
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What’s Causing My Purple Toes? (and should I be concerned?)
It can be rather frightening to discover that, out of nowhere, your toe has suddenly turned a deep shade of purple or blue. There are several reasons why your toe might have taken on this purplish hue. Of course, the only way to be sure is to see your doctor or foot...
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How to Maximize the Benefits of Brisk Walking
There are a lot of extreme fitness folks out there, no doubt. Some think that unless you run five miles a day or pump hundreds of pounds of iron, you’re not really working out. But that’s not entirely true... Moderate-intensity exercise, such as regular, brisk walks,...
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Feet Itch All the Time? Why it’s Happening & How to Fix It
Do your feet itch all the time? It can be maddening, no doubt. While it can happen any time during the night or day, it’s especially frustrating (and potentially embarrassing) when you’re in public. After all, it would be pretty awkward to take off your shoe and...
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