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When Do I Need New Shoes?
Nothing lasts forever. As much as you love that comfy, reliable, fashionable pair of shoes, sooner or later you’ll have to leave them behind and move on with your life. Sigh. But it’s for your own good! While we understand the emotional connection you might have to...
Winter: A Critical Time for Fungal Toenails
Maybe you already have a bad case of fungal toenails. Or maybe you don’t … at least not quite yet. (Sorry to be a downer.) Either way, winter can be a make-or-break season when it comes to maintaining or restoring clear, healthy nails free from fungal infection. What...
Give the Gift of Healthy Feet!
This holiday season, how about a gift that will really make a difference? Something that will help you or the one you love (or both!) actually feel better and be more active? Hey, we’ve got nothing against a new pair of socks, or a jar of cashews. In fact, go ahead...
How HFAA is Giving Back This Fall
At Heartland Foot & Ankle Associates, giving back to the community is one of our most important values. Whether through providing effective medical treatments, devoting our time and resources to local charities, or just doing the little things that make people...
Prevent Sports Injuries in Any Season!
Do you have a “season” where you’re active in your favorite sports? Perhaps you start up a local baseball league in the spring, or have a child who does football or volleyball during the fall high school season. Maybe you like to run, and some people find a way to do...
Don’t Forget to Stretch Your Active Feet!
Question for you: For about 5-10 minutes before you go on a run or start hitting tennis balls with your partner, do you always remember to stretch out your body—including your legs, ankles and feet? Be honest. A lot of us don’t. And that’s to our detriment. We know...
What Makes a Good Gym Shoe?
There’s a reason you don’t see people at the gym pumping iron in Oxfords, or running marathons in steel-toed work boots. It’s not that exercising would be impossible in them, exactly. But it’s pretty clearly not what they were designed to do. Of course, that’s all...
KeryFlex for Fungal Nails
Summer is slowly but surely dwindling away, the days are getting shorter, and you may be trying to cram in a few more beach or pool days before the colder weather starts to creep back around. After all, it will be a whole year before you get to put that swimsuit on...
Are Your Child’s Feet Ready to Go Back to School?
Kids grow up so fast. One day you’re changing their diapers. The next, you’re sending them off for their first day of school. It all seems to happen in a blink of an eye! The same can be said about the rate at which their feet grow, too. In fact, during childhood...