Smart socks

These smart socks and accompanying anklet come complete with an accelerometer, magnetic snaps, a Bluetooth brain, and pressure sensors to give their wearers metrics of all sorts.

Dubbed a “personal running coach,” the stockings are able to discern activity type as well as monitor heart rate, calories burned, foot landing, running cadence, and more. Not only is the anklet splash-proof, but the socks can be washed without compromising their embedded tech.

 

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Nice shoes, nasty toes

A condition that usually affects the big toe or the fifth toe, which is characterised by loss of function of the interossei and lumbricale muscles resulting in overpowering of the flexor tendon with resultant overriding toe and depressed metatarsal heads, both prone to ulceration, soft tissue tears, digital dislocation or painful calluses.

Surgery is indicated in nearly every instance and will produce a corrected or improved result. The type of surgery--whether reefing, lengthening, or transposition of tendons, implant arthroplasty, or arthrodesis--is tailored to the underlying cause.  Management Dorsal and plantar-shaped incisions around the toe and extensor digitorum longus tenotomy and circumferential MTP joint release.

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Painful corn!!!!

Calluses or Corns  are an area of skin that thickens after exposure to repetitive frictional forces in order to protect the skin.  Calluses are painful. 

Factors within the body that may lead to the formation of corns and calluses. 

• Bony prominences or structural deformities, such as hammertoes and bunions
• Faulty foot function such as overpronation or oversupination
• Damaged sweat glands, scars, warts(plantar verruca)

If home remedies fail to eliminate the corns and calluses and they continue to be painful or bothersome, consult your doctor. Anyone with diabetes, loss of sensation or poor circulation should seek medical attention earlier because of a higher risk for infection.

Podiatrists will take X-rays of your feet to look at underlying bony structures that may be the cause of the corns and calluses. 

Periodic shaving or cutting off the hardened area on the skin (debridement) by surgical means or with medicines that break up hardened areas of skin such as 40% urea (keratolytic agents)

Surgically removing areas of protruding bone where corns and calluses form and/or correcting the underlying deformity

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Stephen Curry Ankle

Stephen Curry the Golden State Warrior Star and one of the best point guards of the league  suffered from repeated ankle injuries.  This is a very common condition on basketball players due to the nature of the game.  Last year January Carmelo Anthony missed some game due to the same problem.

The X-rays of Curry's ankle were taken and show negative finding of fracture.  The current problem his problem is commonly call, weak ankles or chronic ankle instability.

People with chronic ankle instability often complain of:

• A repeated turning of the ankle, especially on uneven surfaces or when participating in sports
• Persistent (chronic) discomfort and swelling
• Pain or tenderness
• The ankle feeling wobbly or unstable

When you sprain your ankle, the connective tissues (ligaments) are stretched or torn. The ability to balance is often affected. Each subsequent sprain leads to further weakening (or stretching) of the ligaments, resulting in greater instability and the likelihood of developing additional problems in the ankle.

Treatments include physical therapy and anti-inflammatory.  Bracing to gain support for the ankle and keep the ankle from turning. Bracing also helps prevent additional ankle sprains.

Surgery is based on the degree of instability or lack of response to non-surgical approaches. Surgery usually involves repair or reconstruction of the damaged ligament(s).

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Why socks?

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Why socks?

The foot is among the heaviest producers of sweat in the body, the average foot has 250,000 sweat glands.   The foot can produce over 0.25 US pints (0.12 l) of perspiration per day. Socks help to absorb this sweat and draw it to areas where air can evaporate the perspiration.  Socks will avoiding a variety of foot problems including blisters, athlete's foot and a whole host of others.

In cold environments, socks decrease the risk of frostbite.  Footwraps, pieces of cloth that are worn wrapped around the feet, were worn with boots before socks became widely available.  In the 8th century BC, the Ancient Greeks wore socks from matted animal hair for warmth.  

Socks can be created from a wide variety of materials. Some of these materials are cotton, wool, nylon, acrylic, polyester, olefins, (such as polypropylene), or spandex^.  Most sports will require some sort of sock, usually a tube sock to protect one's legs from being scraped while participating in sport activities.

Swiss researchers found that when we are on the cusp of falling asleep, our body redirects blood flow to our hands and feet. When these extremities are warm, their blood vessels can dilate and allow for greater blood flow, which of course aids in the redistribution of blood and helps you get to sleep. So if you're having trouble nodding off, the solution could be as simple as throwing on a warm pair of socks.

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Shoe Wear

 

SHOES!!!!!

 The purpose of  shoes is to protect and cushion the feet.  Improperly fitted shoes  cause of many foot deformities like bunions, hammer toes, ingrown nails and corns. Foot size changes with age, is very important to have feet measured every time you buy shoes.

A proper podiatric examination has to includes the evaluation of the shoes.  Wear patterns are generally predictable, with the normal wear pattern on the outsole slightly to the inside at the toe and outside at the heel. Abnormalities in the wear pattern indicate problems with alignment and gait. Extra eyelets, where the laces criss-cross to the top of the shoe, aiming for a snug but comfortable fit.

Although proper fitting of shoes always should be fit to the weight-bearing foot at the end of the day, when feet are at their largest. The upper should not wrinkle with flexion, and the foot should not bulge over the welt. The end of the longest toe of the larger foot should be within 3/8² to 1/2² of the end of the toe box. The shoe should provide a relatively snug grip at the counter above the heel.  Above all else, shoes should be comfortable from the moment they are tried on.

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Podiatrist at your service

Dr Rolando M Melendez, DPM is in Jackson Heights, NY, Jamaica, NY and Corona, NY to help you with your foot and ankle problems.

We provide comprehensive conservative and surgical management of:

· Flat feet

· Bunions and Hammertoes

· Diabetic infections

· Fractures of the foot, ankle and toes

· Gout flare-ups

· Sprains and strains

· Sports injuries

· Heel Pain

· Ingrown toenails

· Tendinitis

· Arthritis

· Warts/skin conditions

· Foreign bodies

· Neuromas

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Foot pain!!!!!

From ingrown nails to ankle pain are not fun at all.  The podiatrists  will work as your teammate to heal your pain.  The scope of podiatrist in NY let then tried 

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Rolando Melendez, DPM in Jackson Heights, NY, Jamaica NY andHampton Bays NY can help you with your toe pain or any joint pain in your feet. Because we want you to keep doing all the fun things you like to do without having pain in your feet!

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