In a nutshell, NO! Carpeting does not prevent you from stepping on pins, tacks, toys, dog bones, and whatever the cat brought in. Doctors often remove small pices of glass, wood splinters, and even needles from dropped insulin syringes from the feet of people who have walked without shoes at home. Over 80% of amputations […]

Corns between the toes that touch each other are called soft corns or kissing corns. Bones in adjacent toes rubbing together cause these corns. Shoes that squeeze the toes together aggravate soft corns. Sometimes they are very painful. You can change shoes, add padding , and have surgery for soft corns. Switch to shoes that […]

Absolutely not! Surgical correction of foot deformities is often your best defence against ulceration, infection and (in extreme cases) amputation. A hammertoe, for example, may rub against a neighbouring toe or against the inside of the shoe, forming a corn or callus. These hard layers of skin precede most ulcers. The pressure forms an ulcer […]