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Do I Need Wound Care for My Foot?
Let’s get straight to the point. Do you have an open wound on your foot—especially one that is deep, swollen, or hot to the touch? Do you have either diabetes or any other condition that can affect the strength of the circulation to your lower limbs? If you can answer...
Advanced Treatment for Spider Veins
Varicose and spider veins are often considered to be unsightly or embarrassing, and this can take away from your quality of life – especially when you pass on wearing skirts and/or shorts because you’d rather hide the enlarged veins. What you need to know is that help...
Will I Need Surgery for My Chronic Heel Pain?
Who has time for foot surgery? In a busy world and bustling city, filled with active people, the mere idea of spending an extended period of time off your feet can seem terrifying. Will you be able to take time off from work? Who will look after the kids? Can I really...
Getting Natural Help with Regenerative Medicine
Humanity innovates, but nature has an innate ability to persevere and recover. It’s coded into the very being of life, and that natural ability can often be harnessed within ourselves, too. Just think of the natural locations we have around us: the trails and...
Spring Cleaning for Your Feet!
Are your feet looking a little “grody”? Suffering from nagging or lingering pain? Time to add your lower extremities to the spring cleaning checklist.
The Role Sleep Plays in Sports Injury Recovery
Parents often tell their children to go to bed early and get a good night’s sleep. Of course, children are aware their parents are not going to bed as well and may try to fight against this. What they don’t know yet is that sleep is important. Even as adults, however,...
Are Your Children’s Shoes Hurting or Helping?
Given the importance of the lower appendages in child development, you need to make sure that your child’s feet and ankles are protected. Knowing more about children’s shoes and how to pick out the right pair will help. This is an essential component of child foot...
Should My Child See a Podiatrist?
Feet are often overlooked and forgotten about—that is, until they ache so much that you can’t walk, work, or play. Yet the role they play in life is significant. Healthy feet allow you to live a healthy and active life. In just one lifetime, you could easily log over...
Exercising with Peripheral Neuropathy
Are you one of the millions of Americans suffering from peripheral neuropathy? This condition can cause you to lose feeling in your feet and legs, experience painful sensations (including tingling, burning, shocking, and freezing), lose muscle strength and...
Stop Charcot Foot Before It’s Too Late
Charcot arthropathy, also known as Charcot foot, is one of the most devastating diabetic foot complications. The condition develops slowly but steadily, in patients who have already suffered from severe neuropathy and poor circulation. Bones that haven’t gotten the...
Healthy Living and Diabetes—Daily Home Care
November is Diabetes Awareness Month in the United States. That means it’s a perfect opportunity for you to review and consider whether you’ve developed a daily routine that will keep you safe—or one that puts you at further risk. When it comes to diabetes...
Live an Active, Healthy Life with Diabetes
At Omega Medical Group (OMG), we encourage all our patients and friends to live healthy, active, fulfilling lives! That applies whether you’re 8 years old or 80, and whether you’re a professional athlete or just starting to get into shape. And yes, it definitely...