Osteoporosis and Podiatry: Taking Care of Your Feet
Discover how Osteoporosis impacts your feet. Prevent and manage with Dr. Wilhelm at Clifton Foot & Ankle Center in Fairfax County.
3 Ways a Podiatrist Can Help You Get Back on Your Feet
Discover the benefits of podiatric care on International Podiatry Day, October 8th. Learn how you can improve foot health.
National “I Love My Feet” Day: A Time for All to Celebrate
August 17th is National “I Love My Feet” Day. This event raises awareness for the essential role that our feet play in our daily lives.
3 Nutrition Tips to Help Manage Diabetes
This Diabetes Awareness Month, our thoughts turn to various ways our patients with diabetes can improve their diabetes management. Managing your blood sugar levels can be stressful. You have to do it every day. And you know that if you don’t, you increase your risk of heart disease, eye problems, and neuropathy in your feet,…
Learn More about Diabetes
Diabetes has become such a danger to public health that the World Health Organization established “World Diabetes Day” on November 14, 2006. Every year since, doctors everywhere have used this mid-November day to educate their patients about diabetes. What is diabetes? Understanding diabetes begins with understanding insulin. Insulin is a hormone, made by the pancreas,…
9 Ways to Observe National “I Love My Feet” Day
This “National I Love My Feet Day,” which we celebrate on August 17, make a promise to love your feet. Here are nine ways you can fulfill that promise.
5 Ways Men Can Take Better Care of Their Feet
June is Men’s Health Awareness Month: four weeks dedicated to the idea that if men were to know more about their health, they’d recognize problems earlier. They’d go to the doctor without fear. And they wouldn’t let a small problem become a big one.
Why Your Heels are Cracked and Why You Should Fix Them
We’ve finally welcomed springtime temperatures here in Fairfax County, Virginia. In comes the warmth, and out come the sandals! It’s time to get your feet summer-ready and fix your cracked heels. Heel cracks look frightful and can be uncomfortable. But hold on – vanity isn’t the only reason to fix callused, cracked heels. They provide…
What Kind of Doctor Treats Peripheral Neuropathy?
There are many types of “neuro” doctors. For example, a neurosurgeon specializes in surgery on the delicate and complex brain and spinal cord. A neuropsychologist tries to determine the relationship between the physical makeup of your brain and your behavior. And a specialist in peripheral neuropathy has a particular name: a podiatrist. Podiatrists are medical…
4 Essential Steps to Manage Neuropathy
Nerves permeate your entire body. They send messages of all kinds to your brain, such as, “It’s cold, put a sweater on,” or “Hey, our bladder’s full, get thee to a bathroom pronto.” But many things can happen to prevent important messages like these from getting to the brain – like an injury, toxic substances,…
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