Podiatrist - Bloomington, IL
and Normal, IL
10 Heartland Drive, Suite B
Bloomington, IL 61704
Phone: (309) 661-9975
Fax: (309) 661-9920
Archive:
- 2012
- 2011
- September (8)
- Beware the Male Platypus!
- The Feet of a Solider
- My Adventure to Becoming a Podiatrist
- Halle Berry – And the Case of the Walking Boot…
- Survivor – Heartland Foot and Ankle Edition!
- Derek Jeter and Minka Kelly: GAME OVER
- Sons of Anarchy Season Premier- A Hit!
- Wedding Bells are RINGING and my FEET are throbbing!!
- August (8)
- Heidi Klum’s Project Runway: Footwear Frenzy!
- Jessie J Hobbles Around at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards
- Soccer Stars and Super Athletes
- Football Lockout Does More than Keep Players Off the Field during Summer 2011
- My Daughter’s ‘Pedicure’
- Get Your Toes in Tip Top Shape!
- Little Feet can have BIG Problems
- Royal Newlyweds and Your Feet?!
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- Summer (2)
- Swelling (1)
- Sports (10)
- Children (4)
- Shoes (10)
- Athletes Foot (2)
- Fungus (6)
- Nails (7)
- Tendons (3)
- Injuries (13)
- Deformities (1)
- Nerves (2)
- Football (5)
- Soccer (1)
- Baseball (2)
- Podiatrist (3)
- Sweating (3)
- Odor (3)
- heel pain (2)
- injury (2)
- achilles (1)
- Exercise (1)
- Ingrown Toenails (2)
- amputation (1)
- frostbite (1)
- Holidays (1)
- Falls (1)
- Fall (1)
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Puss, ooze, swelling, discoloration, and pain are NOT part of an awesome Halloween costume. When someone has a ‘pain in the toenail’, they often head straight to their bathroom to fix it right on up – my immediate family is no exception! Both my husband and sister have attempted this home remedy of digging the corners out themselves to relieve the pressure caused by a nail digging into the side of their skin.
The problem is twofold: first, most of the time people skip the step of cleaning their tools of choice before working on their feet. This will most certainly lead to infection and a round of antibiotics. You don’t want an infection toe when you’re trying to trick or treat, or even if you’re just on candy duty!
Secondly, when you trim back the corner yourself, you can angle the nail in a way that leads right back to an ingrown! You want to gently snip the edge, not dig out the entire corner – this will lead to a larger ingrown nail down the road (Thanksgiving, anyone?).
If you see white drainage (pus) or the toe is red, hot, or swollen to the touch, do yourself a pain favor and head straight to a podiatrist! You can read about some SAFE at home tips here. Once the area is cleaned out (down to the root, but we use nice numbing medication BEFORE working on toes!) we can easily work with you on further options to make sure you aren’t limping this Halloween!!