FOOT HEALTH INFORMATION

Superfeet wants to keep you healthy and active all day, every day. Read up on common lower leg ailments such as plantar fasciitis, bunions, blisters and Patella Tendonitis below. Use the key word search or search alphabetically by clicking on a letter.

If you are experiencing pain, we recommend visiting your family doctor or podiatrist immediately.

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Back Pain

The first question you might ask yourself is "What do feet have to do with the lower back?" The feet are the foundation for the whole body, very much like a foundation for a house.

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Baker's Cyst

A discrete swelling in the popliteal fossa, commonly a distension of the gastrocnemius-semimambranosus bursa

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Balance - Big Toe

It is very important that we have good balance. A lot of our balance actually comes from the big toe.

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Black Toe Nails

There are a number of situations that can produce a bruised toe, or black toenail.

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Blisters

The most common situations that create blisters around the foot are friction and motion.

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Bone Pain - Spurs

A bone spur is a bone growth that is actually formed on the existing bone. Bone spurs are most commonly seen on the heel bone of the foot, and sometimes on the bottom surface, or the side of the foot.

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Bone Pain - Stress Fracture

A common question we are asked at Superfeet is, "Will the footbeds help stress fracture situations?"

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Bruised Heels

A bruised heel can occur when there is a tremendous amount of impact around the heel region of the foot.

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Bunion - Hallux Abductovalgus

A bunion is an excessive widening of the forefoot

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Bunion - Tailor's

This type of bunion or bump occurs on the outside of the foot over the fifth metatarsophalangeal joint (fifth toe and fifth metatarsal joint).

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Bunions

Bunions are generally located behind the joint of the big toe and the first large metatarsal bone in the forefoot area. This is the area where the foot flexes in the front.

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Burning Sensations

If the shoe or boot is the wrong size, wrong shape or wrong width it may result in pinching of the foot that then may lead to that annoying burning feeling.

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