Carl J. Mattia, DPM

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Who else suffers from flat feet? There is a solution! Make an appointment today so I can help ease your pain with custom orthotics and recommendations to help your flat feet!

Happy Foot Fact Friday!! Did you know that there are 26 bones in the human foot? If you add up the bones in both feet, the 52 bones account for one quarter of all of the bones in the human skeleton. It's no wonder that there are so many injuries, diseases, complications, and things that can go wrong with the feet!

Happy Foot Fact Friday!! Did you know? Having a long second toe is associated with being ill tempered, keeping one’s emotions in check and with women, having a second toe longer than the big toe (hallux) has been said she will dominate her marriage. Additionally, a second toe longer than the big toe is known to be linked to Grecian descent. Whether any of this is true is completely unknown. What is fact, is that having a second toe longer than hallux is perfectly normal. Tha...t is because the metatarsal or the long bone connected to the second toe is normally the longest metatarsal of the foot. Possessing an excessively long 2nd toe is called Morton’s toe. This can lead to excessive pressure under the foot causing painful calluses. Additionally, Morton’s toe is related to hammertoe and or claw toe and can lead to agonizing unsightly corns on the top to the toe. Relief of corns due to hammer digits varies from debridement, padding and over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. The only permanent solution is surgical intervention. This involves removal of a small section of bone in the toe joint. As gruesome as it may sound it is a relatively simple procedure and has a two fold beneficial effect. First, by removing a small fragment of bone, the toe is shortened. Secondly, the bony resection stiffens the toe allowing it to remain straight and preventing recurrence of corns or lesions on the toe.

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