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Why Women Need to Be Aware of Haglund’s Deformity

You’ve probably never heard of “Haglund’s Deformity.” More commonly called “pump bump,” the foot deformity can really affect either gender, but it usually happens to women. The name “pump bump” comes from the fact that the condition most commonly happens to women who wear pump-style [...] Read More

Considering a Pedicure? Top Dos and Don’ts

Because so much research has been done in recent decades, speaking generally, we’ve learned a lot about the right ways and wrong ways to do things. Things that weren’t recommended when you were a child have now become the norm and vice-versa. That’s certainly the case with pedicures [...] Read More

How Achilles Tendonitis Happens And What You Can Do About It

Although your achilles tendon is quite strong, it can be prone to inflammation (tendonitis), tears, and ruptures. In fact, your achilles tendon is the largest tendon in your body and can handle forces up to 1,000 pounds or more! But unfortunately, it’s not invincible. Achilles tendonitis [...] Read More

How Nutrition Affects Your Feet

Nutrition plays a much larger role in your life than simply affecting your weight or the health of your heart. To some degree, it affects every last aspect of your life. And it even affects the health of your feet too. For example, medical research published in the British Journal of [...] Read More

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

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