I recommend walking for exercise to all my patients. It requires no special equipment and can has relatively low risk for injury. Every person has an optimal walking speed. This speed minimizes energy expenditure for a given distance. This speed is dependent upon body size, limb length, and sex. A recent study by Janelle Wagnild and Cara Wall-Scheffler studied walking speed choices among friendly dyads. The researchers examined the speed choices made by individuals of

The 2013 New York Avon walk for breast cancer raised 6.7 million dollars to advance access to care and find a cure for breast cancer. I was able to provide some foot care guidance to a group of 18 women who participated and raised 57 thousand dollars for the cause. My focus was on blister prevention due to the high mileage they were walking. The information I provided can be found in my video: http://www.howcast.com/videos/510208-How-to-Prevent-and-Treat-Foot-Blisters-Foot-Care

Sweaty feet are quite embarrassing and lead to significant foot odor. Each foot has over 300,00 sweat glands in it making it among the most parts of our body that perspire. When we sweat, bacteria break down our sweat and the waste product is what gives off a cheesy foul odor. It is well known that human odors attract mosquitoes. But a recent study performed at the London Scholl of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found

I have always been of the opinion that power walking is better than running due to the lower risk of injury. When we run the amount of force placed on the foot is 3 to 4 times our body weight. Whereas, when we walk we place 1 to 1 ½ times our body weight on our foot. By placing less force on our extremities the risk of damage to the feet, knees, hips and back

During pregnancy the body undergoes some amazing changes. In addition to weight gain hormonal changes that cause laxity of the ligaments of the birth canal also affect the ligaments of the foot making them more lax. The combination can cause a woman’s foot size and shape to change after pregnancy. It is not uncommon for a woman foot to change at least one size after pregnancy. A study from the University of Iowa has now