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Custom Molded Orthotics 2

    Custom molded orthotics 2 The foot is made of 28 bones 33 joints and more than one hundred muscles tendons and ligaments. If you are not getting evaluated properly you can be hurting your foot in the long term. Many times running stores have professional runners  or semi pro runners that are giving advice on

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    Custom Molded Orthotics 1

      Custom Molded Orthotics 1. So you have foot pain , your arches hurt or your heel hurts and you are at drugstore or the running store and you see a pair of inserts. You think to yourself this will work. and you drop thirty dollars on a pair. They help for two days and now

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      Speeding Up Bone Fracture Healing part 2

        Last time we were discussing the three phases of bone healing and how your foot bone fracture heals up. When one first fractures their bone there is a rupture of small blood vessels and there is bleeding at the site, thus the swelling to the area next the blood vessels constrict and the bleeding stops.

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        Mobilegs Ergonomic crutches

          It’s time to change the way we think of traditional crutches. In this day and age injuries that require crutches have to be re-imagined for patient care, compliance, comfort level and safety. We welcome Mobilegs – Ergonomic Crutches that deliver comfort and stability. The unique design, comfortable feel and spring assisted performance is what sets

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          Ankle Fractures immediate weight bearing

            Ankle fractures immediate weight bearing. Have you suffered an ankle fracture and have been told you need to be off your foot and ankle for the next eight to twelve weeks. Have you been told you will need surgery with plates and screws. Make sure to ask your surgeon if you are a candidate for

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            Foot Pain In Children Is Not Normal

              Foot pain in children is not normal.  We are always concerned about our children and want the best for them. How do you know if they have pain that it should be looked at. By who should it be looked at, is another important question. There are many reasons a child can have foot pain,

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              Speeding Up Bone Fracture Healing part 1

                Crack! Snap! Pop! those are the last things you want to hear in your foot or ankle. Well now that it happened you go to the doctor an x ray is performed and you are diagnosed with a fracture. What is worse is that you are told you can not put weight on your foot

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                Amniotic membrane injections for Plantar fasciitis and heel pain

                  So you have heel pain and you have tried everything such as stretching injections night splints physical therapy and even expensive custom molded orthotics. What to do? Now your doctor is recommending surgery and you cant afford to take time off from work. And you are just not interested in surgery. Great news there is

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                  Amniotic graft diabetic foot ulcers

                    The prevalence of diabetes in the United states is high, it is currently estimated that 14 percent of the united states suffers from diabetes . 4 percent of Diabetics will get a foot ulcer during the year and 25 percent of diabetics will gat a foot ulcer at least once in their life time. Foot

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