Soft foam wedges can be placed between the big toe and the second toe to help realign the toe and reduce bunion deformity and pain. Often the thickness is gently increased to move the big toe so it is straight rather than pointing towards …

Description Another common digital deformity is contracture of the toes in the formation of hammertoes and mallet toes. Hammertoes are described in depth in another article. Mallet toes are a result of contracture of the last joint in the …

Bunions are usually symptoms or negative by-products of a higher-up system that has gone awry. Examples of such systems could be the hips, knee, ankle/foot structure and alignment. The problem has been misclassified as hereditary, but mayb…

Tetanus is a bacterial disease caused by a toxin. Clostridium tetani spores (spores of tetanus bacteria) are found most often in soil but are present everywhere. The disease affects muscles, especially the jaw and neck muscle. For this rea…

Unless you are in the heating and air, pipe-fitting, or boating industries, you probably do not know about anodes and how they protect metals that spend their lives in constant contact with water. Eventually the corrosion will eat away at …

He has me lay down on the couch face down. Danusia has turned off the TV so we can all concentrate on the business of healing my foot. Sister Dr. opens up a small nylon case and begins to lay some tools on the table, and a little electroni…