Holidays are the most wonderful time of the year but can also prove to be a very demanding time of the year, especially when it comes to your feet and lower body.  Most people will increase their activities substantially during the holidays whether it be while decorating, cooking and baking, shopping, or taking part in holiday celebrations, all of which require excessive periods of walking and time spent on your feet.  Ill-fitting and new shoes are contributing factors and can significantly increase the chances of new holiday foot pain and lower body discomfort but can also cause old foot pain to flare up. 

Parents often spend a great deal of time worrying about their children's eyes, teeth, and other highly visible parts of the body. But what about their feet?

If foot health is neglected early in life, other physical problems may follow. Good foot care should be primary.

Osteoporosis is a gradual thinning out of the bones or loss of bone density.  Osteoporosis starts in childhood and is more common in women than in men.  The reason is that women typically start off with lower bone density than men, and the loss of estrogen over time can increase the risk for osteoporosis.

The great news is that there are some things you can do to decrease your risk of osteoporosis.  A good diet,  proper vitamins, and daily exercise can help you navigate through osteoporosis.

There are three main causes of injuries in the athletic population: injuries related to abnormal hereditary position, traumatic injuries, and acquired injuries (hereditary plus overuse).

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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