For hundreds of years, women have been wearing various kinds of high heels for aesthetic reasons. Women who wear high heels appear to be taller and have longer and thinner legs, and the wearer’s gait and posture changes. Though high heels have had an association with femininity and have kept them popular over the years, … Read more Seattle Women’s Feet Doctor

Elderly Americans are very susceptible to falls as they get older. Everyone experiences decreases in flexibility, balance, strength, and the senses as they age. This correlates to some eye-opening statistics. 1 in 4 Americans aged 65 and older fall each year. An elderly American is being treated for a fall in an emergency room every … Read more Senior Falls Prevention

Cracked heels may make you want to think twice about showing off your feet in warmer weather. However, cracked heels may be harmful to more than just the appearance of your feet. If deep fissures and cracks develop in your heels, they may make walking and standing painful for you. Additionally, these openings make way … Read more Cracked Heels

Frostbite occurs when a body part is exposed to extreme cold. If conditions are cold enough for the water within the tissues to freeze and form ice crystals, cell death can occur. The feet, hands, ears and nose are particularly prone to frostbite due to their location away from the body’s core. Mild exposure to … Read more Frostbite

Blisters are a common ailment of people who wear shoes that are either too tight or rub against the feet in an uncomfortable way. Knowing the basics of blisters is important for understanding how they are formed and what treatments should be used for them. A blister on the foot, or any other part of … Read more Blisters

One of the most common reasons for a visit to a podiatrist is the treatment of plantar warts. Plantar means the bottom of the foot, but warts can appear in other places as well.  There are more than 30 different types of wart viruses. Plantar warts are usually caused by walking barefoot around a swimming … Read more Plantar Warts

Cuboid syndrome is when the cuboid slips out or subluxes from its resting place behind the fourth and fifth metatarsals, a sprain of the ligaments that support the cuboid bone of the outside of the foot.  It is also known as locked cuboid, dropped cuboid, or peroneal cuboid syndrome. It is caused by an eversion … Read more Cuboid Dislocation Syndrome

Actinic keratoses (AKs) are pre-cancerous lesions that most often occur on the face, scalp, hands and arms.  These lesions, which can progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), can also occur in the feet.  The estimated percentage of actinic keratosis lesions that progress to squamous cell carcinoma is 0.1 percent per lesion per year. Actinic … Read more Actinic Keratoses: Pre-Skin Cancer in the Feet

Over 100 different procedures have been described in the scientific literature for correcting bunions.  Currently, the most common procedures involve correction via a distal metatarsal osteotomy, a cut at the end of the bone just behind the big toe, due to the ease of use, reproducibility and predictable postoperative course. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has … Read more Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery