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I remember being told as a child that playing with toads will give you warts.  That old wives tale would be hard pressed to explain plantar warts, or the warts you get on the bottom of your foot, unless you’ve recently stepped on a toad.  While these skin growths...

A painful shooting, burning, or numbing sensation that radiates down the inside of your foot, through your big toe and second and third toes beside it, may be caused by compression of a nerve in you ankle. Many people may be familiar with the carpal tunnel syndrome of...

Teenagers are dealing with many social and physical changes as they grow into young adults.  Unfortunately, there are several conditions of the foot and ankle that peek their ugly head around this time.  Our blogs have discussed some of these issues, specifically pes...

The normal foot should have a noticeable arch on the medial (inside) aspect, between the ball of the foot and the heel. It is common to see problems associated with a diminished arch leading to a condition known as “Flat Foot”. However, pathologies also arise when the...

Contrast baths combine the positive effects of both cold and hot water soaking for sore, tight muscles that tend to get overworked during our day to day. Cold water is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it affects tissue (muscle) by closing the blood vessels. This helps...

If bunion pain is getting in the way of your summer fun, your bony protrusion is keeping you from wearing your favorite sandals, and your second toe is tiring of the big one intruding on its personal space, it might be time to consider bunion surgery – but which one?...

At Austin Foot and Ankle Specialists, we treat patients from across many communities in the greater Austin area, like Rollingwood, TX. We recently noticed that the City of Rollingwood has an ordinance in place (City Ordinance Sec. 8.06.006) that prohibits cutting oak...