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What is Toe Spring and Why Should You Care?

Have you heard of “toe spring?” If you haven’t, you’re not alone. It’s actually only coming to our awareness recently. It’s a condition that leads to foot problems such as plantar fasciitis and inflammation in your foot’s soft tissue. It can also lead to crooked toes, and lower leg and knee [...] Read More

Not Happy with the appearence of your nails?/ Have your nails stopped growing?

There are a number of reasons that the appearence of our nails change over time, whether its infection with bacteria or fungus or as a result of microtrauma, our nails are subject to changes in appearence. Often, with fungal, bacterial, or traumatic changes the nail plate can thicken and [...] Read More

What to Do About Turf Toe

You hear about “turf toe” most commonly during the NFL season. It’s a frequent injury in that sport. However, it’s also common in many other sports including soccer, basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, and dance. The most common cause of turf toe is the hard artificial turf surfaces [...] Read More

North Texas Foot and Ankle is Excited to Announce Dr. Holcombe and Dr. Millar are certified in performing the Lapiplasty procedure for Bunion Correction

The Lapiplasty procedure is a system used for 3d bunion correction in patients with mild, moderate, and severe bunion deformity. It is an effective base procedure that corrects bunion deformity in three planes. The correction seen with this procedure has made it popular among patients and has [...] Read More

What To Do If You’re At Risk for Charcot Foot

Though rare, Charcot foot can be a hereditary issue or one brought on by diabetes when the condition begins to cause peripheral neuropathy. If you don’t catch Charcot foot early on and do something about it, it can make the joints in your foot collapse and lead to your foot looking [...] Read More

Why Does Your Ankle Suddenly “Lock Up?”

Has this ever happened to you? You’re doing your normal exercise routine when suddenly, your ankle locks up and you feel pain and stiffness. You’re frustrated because you can’t continue your exercise regimen as normal. So you have to stop, go home, and rest. What’s going on? It could [...] Read More

What to Do About Flat Feet in Children

Flat feet in children have traditionally been ignored by most clinicians. While the condition can cause problems for your child, it can be present but not cause pain or discomfort. As a result, many in the medical community simply overlook the condition. But, flat feet can cause other [...] Read More

Siren Socks: The New System for Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

We are excited to now carry Siren Socks for our at risk diabetic patients. Siren socks are a new innovation that can assist in Diabetic wound prevention. They work by monitoring the temperature of your feet, which allows our physicians to remotely monitor for 'hot spots' before they become a [...] Read More

Should You Be Worried About a Black Toenail?

Is a black toenail something I should be concerned about? I heard it could be melanoma. I think my grandmother may have had it but I can’t remember? Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that accounts for approximately1% of skin cancers. It affects the cells (melanocytes) that give our skin [...] Read More

Coronavirus Is Causing a Pandemic of Foot And Ankle Injuries

What? Coronavirus causes foot, ankle, and lower leg injuries too? It does. But it’s not a direct result of the virus itself. Rather, people feel trapped at home and need some way to get back to their active lifestyles. Others just can’t stand being at home all the time and simply need some [...] Read More

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