How Often Should Diabetics See a Podiatrist?
When should diabetics see a podiatrist? Well, when you’re diagnosed with diabetes, it’s important to put together a diabetic care team. What kind of specialists should be on that team? Diabetics should regularly see their primary care physician. Plus an endocrinologist, vascular physician, ophthalmologist, nutritionist as well as a diabetic counselor. And, of course, your…
Our Podiatrist’s Guide to Healthy Winter Feet
While our Texas weather is fairly mild, it’s still tough to maintain healthy winter feet. As temperatures drop, you may turn on the heat in your home, leaving you with dry skin that can crack your heels. You’ll also likely run into a rainy day or two. So you may be wearing those rubber Hunter…
What Causes Inside of Foot Pain?
When you’re experiencing inside of foot pain, you want relief. But before we can help your feet feel better, we have to determine the true source of your foot pain. So we can target your treatment and keep you walking comfortably. Fortunately, getting to the bottom of your foot pain is what we do best.…
What is a Podiatrist and When Should I See One?
If you’ve never been to see your podiatrist, you may wonder what role this specialist plays. Put simply, a podiatrist is a doctor. But instead of an MD, he or she receives a DPM degree. And a DPM is both a doctor and a surgeon, trained to treat foot, ankle, toes and certain leg conditions.…
Why Custom Orthotics beat Dr Scholls Inserts Every Time
In our office, we provide many patients with custom orthotics. There are so many times when our bodies don’t work the way they should. And this can cause so many types of foot pain. Thankfully, surgery isn’t your only pain relief solution: custom shoe inserts can really help! At our Spring and Tomball, TX podiatry…
What You Need to Know about Running with Flat Feet
Is running with flat feet painful? So many of our patients want to know the answer to that question. So, here it is: it can be painful to run when you have flat feet. Thankfully, our Louetta Foot and Ankle Specialists team has tools to minimize or eliminate that pain. But before we tell you…
These are the Best and Worst Shoes for Home
By this point in the pandemic, you may have spent a lot of time walking around your house barefoot. And that may be a problem because, when you walk barefoot, you can negatively affect the physical function of your foot. You see, our feet have arches, and walking barefoot, especially on hard surfaces, makes those…
5 Reasons Why Laser Therapy is your Pain Relief Solution
In out Spring, TX podiatric practice, we offer MLS laser therapy to patients seeking pain relief. As our podiatrists have become laser-therapy experts, even training other podiatry practices across the country, our patients have embraced this cutting-edge technology. As our patient Pierre B. shared, “After having a severe case of Plantar Fasciitis, we tried all…
Ok, Houston, It’s Time to Ditch Your Flip Flops
With all the challenges our city is facing right now, we don’t want this to be your summer of foot pain, too. But we’re worried it will be—at least, if you keep wearing those flip-flops all the time. You see, wearing your flip flops all day will probably result in some pretty sore feet when…
Why Barefoot Heel Pain is on the Rise
Here in our Spring and Tomball, TX, podiatric offices, we’ve noticed a trend: since March, we’ve seen so many more patients complaining of heel pain. And we aren’t the only ones who noticed. Recently, the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) noted a similar increase in reports of heel pain, tying this uptick the original stay-at-home…