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Children’s Foot Care: When to Take Your Child to a Podiatrist?
People tend to associate podiatry visits with working-age and older adults, and to be honest there’s some truth to that. But while kids might not experience foot problems at quite the same rate as adults do, it’s extremely important for children's foot care that any...
Why Do My Child’s Feet Hurt?
As much as we expect young feet to not experience many problems, child foot pain – and especially heel pain – are still common. Your child’s feet can experience many of the same conditions that adult feet do, including Achilles tendinitis, plantar fasciitis, and flat...
Summer Fun – Not Summer Fungal Toenail Infections
It is safe to say this has not been a typical summer – or a typical year, for that matter. We’ve all had more than our fair share of stresses and ordeals. However, that does not mean the summer is a complete waste in our part of Oregon. There is still plenty of fun to...
How to Keep Your Toenails Show-Worthy Through Summer
If you like to step out in open-toed footwear during the summer, then you likely want your toenails looking their best. And if you want them looking great, that means you want them to be healthy, too. The two goals go hand-in-hand! Healthy nails look fantastic, and...
Tips for Heel Pain at Home
Heel pain is one of the most common problems our patients experience. Unfortunately, having to spend more time at home for one reason or another often doesn’t change that. Believe it or not, a change in routines that keeps you home more often can actually lead to...
Luck Can Have a Little to Do with Heel Pain – But Not in Treating It!
We have been thinking about the role “luck” plays in things, mainly because some recent events have not felt so lucky. We just celebrated a holiday where the concept of luck is prominently featured—except odds are good that you didn’t really do much celebrating. Does...
Don’t Let Heel Pain Hobble Your Goals
We’re a little more than a month into the beginning of the year, which is also about the time you start to see many well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions crash into the ditch. Those packed gym parking lots start to thin out a bit, certainly. If you are still working...
Treating Fungal Toenails – Get a Fresh Start for Your Feet!
The beginning of any new year presents an ideal opportunity to make a fresh start by establishing goals and plans to achieve them, then putting those plans into action. For many, these New Year’s resolutions are related to areas like diet, exercise, and finances....
Recognizing and Treating Ingrown Toenails
Understanding the root cause of a problem – and an ingrown toenail definitely qualifies as a problem – is key to not only being able to resolve it, but also prevent it from happening in the first place. And if you are suffering from painful ingrown toenails, you’ve...
Ingrown Toenails: A Dangerous Problem for Diabetic Feet
If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with diabetes, then you likely already know to look for some specific warning signs and symptoms that might indicate it’s time to visit a podiatrist. Anything from a simple fungal infection to common foot deformities can...
Athlete’s Foot is Not Just for Sports Lovers
Ever get that itchy, flaky feeling on your feet? You’re not alone! Far from being a plague just for the sports-lovers, about 70 percent of Americans will experience athlete’s foot at least once in their lives. We’ve even seen estimates that suggest as many as 1 in 10...
Explaining Nail Fungus: Fingers vs. Toes, Causes, Treatments, and More
At first glance, skin and nail conditions might not seem to be as concerning as some of the other foot and ankle problems we resolve for patients here at Wilks Advanced Foot Care. There usually isn’t intense pain and the risk of surgical intervention is quite low. But...