Your doctor will examine your injured leg, checking for swelling, deformity, abrasions, bruising and tenderness. To help determine whether a sharp edge of broken bone has damaged your leg's blood vessels or nerves, the doctor also will feel the pulses along the length of your injured leg, and will check for normal skin feeling and muscle strength in your leg and foot. If the physical examination suggest that your leg's arteries or large veins may have been injured, the doctor will...
Read moreThe list of tips for sore feet is not complete without mentioning the butt muscles. This group of muscles may be the laziest in the entire... Read more »
We started our discussion about restless legs syndrome (RLS) in my recent blog, so let’s continue where we left off. Mild symptoms of... Read more »
When you consider how many of us have problems with our feet, you might expect to find lots of resources full of good advice. Then, when... Read more »
Life can be a pain in the groin. You hear about groin pain all the time if you watch enough football, baseball and basketball. But, you do... Read more »
Lately, people have been asking a lot of questions about sore feet. How can you turn sore feet into happy feet? Inspect: Even though... Read more »
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Alternative Names Foot care for diabetics Information If you have diabetes you are more likely to have foot problems. Diabetes... Read more »
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Noninsulin-dependent diabetes; Diabetes - type 2; Adult-onset diabetes Treatment The goal of treatment at first is to lower high blood... Read more »
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Insulin-dependent diabetes; Juvenile onset diabetes; Diabetes - type 1TreatmentThe immediate goals of treatment are to treat diabetic ketoacidosis... Read more »
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Type 1 diabetes increases the risk for many serious health complications. However, during the past several decades, the rate of serious complications... Read more »
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Alternative NamesEcchymosis treatment; Hematoma or contusion treatmentInformationQuestion:Is there a way to reduce black-and-blue bruises caused by... Read more »