Catherine Cheung, DPM

Sleeping with a Sprained Ankle: Bedtime Tips, Daytime Care & More

Medical experts explain the best ways to sleep with, heal, and care for a sprained ankle Dealing with the pain of a sprained ankle during the day is bad enough, but it sure can be irritating when it keeps you from sleepi...

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Clean Your Feet

Unclean feet can be a health danger resulting in dermatitis, fungal infections such as athlete's foot, foot odor, yellow or ingrown toenails, or infection of cuts and sores. Although your feet may not look particularly d...

How to

Elevate Your Feet

Taking a load off and elevating your feet feels great, particularly if they’re swollen. Whether your feet are puffy due to pregnancy or too much walking, elevating them can make you more comfortable. By raising and res...

How to

Treat a Foot Blister

Foot blisters can occur due to friction between your feet and shoes. This is usually the result of excess moisture on the skin. Blisters are usually not serious and can be treated at home with antibiotic creams and band...

How to

Stop Itchy Feet

Itchy feet may be caused by dry skin, eczema, an infection, or – less commonly – an underlying medical condition. Itchy skin can be uncomfortable, and scratching it can cause bleeding and infection. Fortunately, the ...

How to

Wrap an Ankle

Wrapping an ankle is a common way to treat sprains or to stabilize an ankle that is prone to injury. Ankles may be wrapped with a compression bandage or with a wrap constructed from tape. Learn how to decide which way to...

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Get Rid of Dry Skin on Feet

If your feet have been feeling rough and dry, you're probably wondering how you'll ever get them back to feeling soft and smooth. Ashy, dead skin on your feet can be caused by a lot of factors, including age, genetics, l...

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Control Foot Odor with Baking Soda

Baking soda, also known as sodium bicarbonate, is noted for its ability to absorb moisture and odors and has a demonstrated ability to kill odor-causing bacteria. In addition to being a must-have in your fridge, there ar...

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Get Rid of a Wart at the Bottom of Your Foot

Do you have a small, rough growth on your heel or the bottom of your toe? It could be a plantar wart. They usually aren't a serious health concern and typically go away on their own. If you find it embarrassing or uncomf...

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Remove Stains from Your Feet

When walking barefoot or in flip flops, it’s easy for your feet to become stained and dirty. But there’s no need to worry. Thankfully, it’s just as easy to remove these stains, and your feet will be clean in no tim...

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Stop Your Feet from Sweating

Extreme sweating—also known as hyperhidrosis—can affect many parts of the body, but one of the most common is the feet. If you suffer from excessively sweaty feet, you may need to wash your feet and shoes more, chang...

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Make Your Feet Smell Good

We all know how embarrassing and frustrating it can be to deal with smelly feet. Medically known as bromodosis smelly feet are largely caused by bacteria growth and excessive sweating. Though there are several ways you ...

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Treat Warts on Your Feet

Plantar warts can be painful, annoying and embarrassing, so knowing how to treat warts on your feet can alleviate pain, discomfort and the social stigma that come along with the condition. Treatment may be long-term, but...

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Tape an Ankle

Injury recovery and prevention made easy with this natural DIY taping technique Ankle sprains are common sports-related injuries. To protect yourself, or others from future injury, taping your ankle will to prevent and p...

The 12 Best Ways to Protect Your Nails when You're Running

Have your toenails felt a little sore or looked bruised after you get back from a run? Runner’s toe is when your toenail bumps against your shoe and leaves a blister under the nail, but it’s easy to prevent with a fe...

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Tape a High Ankle Sprain

High ankle sprains are less common than low ankle sprains, but they can be more painful and take longer to heal. Knowing how to properly tape a high ankle sprain is very important. If done correctly, it can decrease pain...

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Get Rid of an "Asleep" Foot

Have you ever tried to stand up and you have a tingling, pins and needles sensation in your foot? When you compress nerves in your leg or foot, you can make the limb fall “asleep” temporarily. We know that it can be ...

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Shave Dead Skin off Feet

Our feet are some of the hardest working body parts we have, so it's a good idea to take excellent care of them! There are a number of things we can do to help provide our feet with extra care, including removing dead sk...

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Make Your Feet Beautiful

You can have the beautiful feet you've always dreamed of. You just need to get rid of your dry skin and keep your feet moisturized. You also need to learn to trim your toenails properly and paint them properly (if you wi...

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Strengthen Your Achilles Tendons

Your Achilles tendon runs down the back of your ankle and connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. If you overwork or injure your Achilles tendon, you may experience a lot of pain in the back of your ankle. Fortunat...