According to the American Podiatric Medical Association, 75-77% of Americans have experienced foot pain at some point in their lives. It’s not surprising considering that each foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments, that the average person walks around 7500 steps per day, and when running up to 4 times your body weight can be the pressure amount placed on your feet.  Put all of that together and it’s no wonder that feet are prone to injury and are at high risk for developing a wide variety of painful conditions.

Shin splints are a common exercise problem and sports injury, but what exactly does it mean?  Shin Splints is the blanket term for lower leg pain that occurs below the knee on the front outside of the inside of the leg. The medical term for shin splints is medial tibial stress.

A good pickleball shoe provides support for your feet and ankles to help prevent injuries. Some important features of a great pair of pickleball shoes include grippy outsoles to help reduce sliding, stability to stabilize the feet and ankles for lateral movements and quick stops and starts, and excellent cushioning to absorb impact. Regular shoes or shoes made for walking and running are not recommended for pickleball because they are not suitable for the types of directional movements that playing pickleball requires.

We all know the importance of stretching before exercising.  It is as important as exercising. 

Stretching increases flexibility and range of motion.  Physical therapists call it ”lotion for your motion”.  This means that the more the joints are lubricated, the better the movement of the muscles.

The National Football League (NFL) ranks as one of the most widely followed professional sports leagues in the United States. The frequency of injuries in the NFL surpasses that of other team-oriented, contact-intensive sports including ice hockey and rugby.  The most common injuries sustained by NFL players are to the lower extremities, starting with the ankle, knee, and hamstring.

Dr. Lee Cohen, Dr. Lee S. Cohen and Associates is pleased to announce the addition of its newest Associate, Dr. Alicia Canzanese to its Delaware County, PA. Sports Medicine Podiatry Center located in Ridley Park effective November 5^th, 2024.

Heel pain can be caused by several factors including trauma, overexertion, poor foot structure, ill-fitting shoes and conditions such as heel spurs, stress fractures, peristalsis, plantar fasciitis, inferior calcaneal Bursitis, Bursitis of the fascia, nerve entrapment, arthritis, or systemic disease.

The most common cause of heel pain seen in our offices and treated by our team of sports medicine podiatry specialists (in athletes as well as the general population) is plantar fasciitis.

Did you know that the dynamic relationship between the foot’s arch, bones, ligaments, and muscles creates the ability to absorb up to four hundred times the body’s weight? Or that the body converts all of this force into functional movement (walking, running, jumping)?  It is for all the above reasons (and more) that having strong feet and ankles is critical for optimal sports performance and injury prevention.

If you ask anyone who follows basketball, they’ll tell you that the game has changed so much.  The biggest change is that it has become a positionless game in recent years.  Centers are dribbling and passing more, and guards are posturing big moves and scoring more than they facilitate.  So probably one of the biggest factors when choosing your basketball shoe is your style of play as well as your position.

We often think of knee pain as something only adults suffer from, but knee pain also hits teens and preteens who are active in sports.

Pain in the front of the knee and around the kneecap is one of the most common complaints. Knee pain in these age groups can be caused by overuse, an imbalance in muscle strength and flexibility, or a growth-related disease called Osgood-Schlatter disease.

A recent study showed that cheerleading was ranked 16th among sports with the highest number of injuries. And, unlike other sports, cheerleading is a year-round activity, so cheerleaders practice and perform longer without as much of an off-season as other sports, making them more prone to developing overuse injuries.

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When your child comes home from sports practice, do they often complain of pain in their foot, ankle, knee, leg, hip, or lower back? Does the pain go away after resting, only to return once they start being active again?

Flatfoot is common in both children and adults.  When this deformity occurs in children, it is referred to as pediatric flatfoot.  Although there are various forms of flatfoot, they all share one characteristic - partial or total collapse of the arch.

Certainly, foot pain is enough to make you irritable. But did you know that foot symptoms are an indicator that you are suffering from a postural problem? If you're like 80% of the population, you suffer from regular or occasional hip, back, and neck pain, most of which can be traced to a malfunction in the feet.

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Knee pain is one of the top five running injuries impacting up to 2.5 million runners in the United States. There are many features of this common malady, some of which remain obscure. Several risk factors have been cited over the years.

“I am writing to share amazing feedback with Dr. Cohen, his staff, and others looking for a podiatrist. My son, Zachary Mangiafico, started experiencing foot pain around April of 2023. He was a freshman starting on the Towson High School (MD) varsity lacrosse team. At the end of that season, he started experiencing some pretty significant foot pain, which eventually became excruciating, so we assumed it was Plantar Fasciitis. ….. (continued)

While the season and routine practice sessions have concluded, the off-season is an opportunity to focus on weak areas and strengthen them before the new season begins. Improving performance during the off-season has many benefits and is key for continued athletic growth.

A recent study suggests that some workers can walk as much as 1,632 miles a year on the job. That's approximately the distance between Miami, Florida and Portland, Maine. Some common complaints from members of foot-intensive occupations are heel pain, arch pain, toe pain, ankle pain, calluses, corns, and foot deformities such as bunions and spurs. These workers may also suffer from knee, leg, hip, and lower back pain as a result of their jobs.