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  1. Dr. Gangemi_SockDoc

    Flat Feet – Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

    Flat Feet – Causes, Prevention, and Treatment...
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    Preventing and Healing Stress Fractures & Stress Reactions

    Preventing and Healing Stress Fractures & Stress Reactions...
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    Preventing and Healing Stress Fractures & Stress Reactions

    Preventing and Healing Stress Fractures & Stress Reactions By The Sock Doc A stress fracture occurs when there is an overload of stress in a bone because of poor biomechanics and sometimes accompanying nutritional imbalances. Poor biomechanics occur due to muscle imbalances that are a result...
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    Flat Feet – Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

    Flat Feet – Causes, Prevention, and Treatment By Dr. Stephen Gangemi, a.k.a., Sock Doc Flat feet, also known as “fallen arches” are often viewed as problematic simply because they look abnormal – the main arch of the foot, the medial longitudinal arch, has collapsed. Though flat feet are by...
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    Bunion night splints

    I'm not sure Sid. I'd say yes it's normal because the toes are lined up nicely and the foot is naturally wide. I'm sure many have noticed that going barefoot for some time naturally widens your foot; I have. There is no problem with being flat footed - the arch of the foot has little if any...
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    Bunion night splints

    That is the question Sid. I like the thought question. It's a good discussion. BTW - pronation is normal. Shoes often limit normal pronation (and sometimes even normal supination).
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    Bunion night splints

    This makes me think of the research done by Weston Price and his studies on Aborigine tribes in the 1930s. Basically they were cavity free and had healthy, wide jaws with no dental problems (Price was a dentist) until the Western diet (refined foods) was brought in. Then significant structural...
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    Plantar fasciitis

    Sweet; great to hear. Thanks.
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    Bunion night splints

    Complain to your insurance company, not us docs. Though we don't "accept" insurance we still give you the proper claim forms and codes to file on your own (at least I do and I'm assuming Ray does too).
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    Bunion night splints

    I hear ya, but you could ask them to work something out with you. Insurance is necessary for emergency care, but typically it sucks for health care, but that's a story for another day.
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    Stretching

    I thought only Bozo's stretched? Hahaha: http://sock-doc.com/2011/04/stop-stretching/
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    Annoying smallest toe problem

    It's a good observation and I'd say an accurate one too. My 5th toes do this, but not to the point you describe. They're a non-issue though I wish they were straighter. You might try some Correct Toes: https://nwfootankle.com/correct-toes.
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    Plantar fasciitis

    I saw plantar fasciitis and night splints in the first post. The first (PF) leads me to share this SD post/video: http://sock-doc.com/2011/03/plantar-fasciitis/ and the second, "night splints" make me cringe because I think that is possibly the worse thing you can do for PF.
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    Fat Pad Atrophy

    Someone recently asked me about fat pads over at the SockDoc site. Basically it's not normal that they decrease to the point that they should be causing pain or problems. Sure many things naturally decline as we age, but a healthy person even at age 90 (I'm making that number up, but I think...
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    How to heal up a major callus tear

    All I can really say here is what's been said - bandage it up til it heals up. But realize if you're getting a callous of any type, especially this magnitude, it's not normal. You've got a gait/foot imbalance there.
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    Question for the docs

    I don't know where this thread is at this point but here's a post I wrote about transitioning to barefoot and what it takes (in regards to health) to be able to do so and why some people cannot and never will be able to run, or maybe even walk, barefoot...
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    Tendonitis, barefoot running, and high rigid arches

    Here's the Sock Doc Foot video: http://sock-doc.com/2012/05/foot-injuries/ and the one on tendonitis: http://sock-doc.com/2011/08/tendonitis_bursitis/ As a side note, I'd like to add (and nothing personal towards your doc), don't think that just because a doc of any type is a...
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    Now I'm stressed...

    Well you gotta get the testing done and see what is going on. This can also happen from medications and too much caffeine - if you're on either. Obviously I can't diagnose you over the internet, that would make me a jackass, but take into account any and all meds and stimulants (including asthma...
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    Questions about Blisters (reposted)

    Blisters are going to form from some improper gait mechanics. You gait can be imbalanced from any stress - running shoes, old injuries, dietary stress, training too hard, etc. So muscle imbalances occur and blisters form. Ideally you need to let them heal up which may mean bandaging them up a...
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    Bunion night splints

    I strongly suggest you find the $$ to bring her to him. There's a reason Dr. Ray (and others such as myself) don't take insurance - we don't want to work by their rules and it weeds out patients who are typically less compliant.
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