Troy A. Miles, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
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How to
Treat Neuropathy in Feet
Neuropathy is a disease affecting the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Your PNS controls body movements, sensations, and automatic functions like blood pressure and sweating. If your nerves are damaged, a variety of symp...
Best Facial Yoga Workouts for Mouth, Jaw, Eyes, Forehead, & Neck
Feel like your skin is looking a bit saggy or wrinkled, but don’t want to look into surgical options? Doing facial exercises, or facial yoga, helps strengthen the muscles in your face, which can leave your skin looking...
Symptoms of Neuropathy in Feet: What to Look For, Causes & Treatment Options
Everything you need to know about peripheral neuropathy Peripheral neuropathy is a complex condition with a variety of causes and symptoms, so how can you tell if that tingling in your toe is just a passing feeling or a...
How to
Push a Hernia Back in
While there are several types of hernias, all hernias are an "out-pouching" of an organ, part of an organ or fatty tissue. This material squeezes through weak areas or gaps in the surrounding tissues of your abdomen. Bec...
How to
Cure an Infected Toe
An infection in the toe can range from the relatively mild infection of an ingrown toenail or toenail fungus, to more serious infections of the skin (abscesses or cellulitis). A toe infection could even become very serio...
How to
Treat a Pulled Oblique Muscle
The oblique muscles are located on the sides of your abdomen, between your hip and your rib cage. There are two sets of oblique muscles - external and internal obliques - and together they are responsible for helping you...
How to Treat Toe & Foot Numbness
Combat numbness with home remedies & medical treatments Is the floor just cold, or is that pinky toe numb for another reason? Numbness in your feet and toes can be caused by many different conditions, and the best ways t...
How to
Exercise Your Shin Muscles
Your shin muscles in the front of your lower legs are important muscles to use when running and walking. They are simple muscles to exercise, either on your own or with a resistance band. Because they are simple, they ar...
How to
Cure Bow Legs
Bow legs are a normal occurrence in children under 3 years old that usually fixes itself, but how can you correct persistent bow legs in older children and adults? Leg braces and vitamin D are common cures for children, ...
How to
Tape an Ankle Like an Athletic Trainer
Ankle injuries can take a while to heal, especially when they don’t receive the proper treatment. Anyone is capable of sustaining such an injury, but athletes are more prone to experience one. To help an athlete recove...
How to
Straighten Toes
Toes can become crooked when they are subjected to chronic pressure and stress, which is a common outcome of wearing narrow-toed, high-heel shoes. Ligaments and tendons surrounding the joints get warped, causing toes to ...
Shin Splints Self-Treatment & Home Remedies
Quick ways to reduce shin splint pain and improve recovery timeThe term “shin splints” is the common name for a type of shin pain caused by high-impact physical activities, such as running or hiking. If you’re expe...
How to
Treat a Torn Calf Muscle
The two muscles that work in conjunction to form the lower leg (or calf) are the deeper soleus muscle and the more superficial (closer to the skin) gastrocnemius muscle. These muscles connect the heel to the back of the ...
How to
Cure a Swollen Ankle
Experts say ankle swelling usually goes away on its own, but it's best to check with your doctor if you're injured or have unexplained swelling. A swollen ankle can be painful and inconvenient, so you likely want to feel...
How to
Build Up Atrophied Muscles
Muscle atrophy is a condition in which the tissues in the muscles start to weaken and waste away. This can occur as a result of lack of muscle use, malnutrition, disease, or injury. In many cases of muscle atrophy, you c...
How to
Get Rid of Thigh Pain
There are three groups of muscles in the thigh that can cause pain: the hamstring muscles at the back of the thigh, the quadriceps muscles at the front of the thigh, and the adductor muscles of the inner thigh. The hamst...
How to
Get Rid of Calluses on Feet
The average person walks thousands and thousands of steps in their life time. All this walking — along with what we wear on our feet — can beat up our feet quite a bit. One unfortunate way our feet can get beat up ...
How to
Care for Arthritic Hands
Arthritis, in general, is the inflammation of joints. If you have arthritis in your hands, then you likely have inflammation in one or more of the joints in your hand or wrist. Arthritis in the hands can be caused both...
How to
Fix Flat Feet
Experts say flat feet are usually painless and don't require treatment. However, flat feet can cause foot or leg pain, as well as knee and ankle problems in some people. Although flat feet are normal in infants and toddl...
How to
Heal an Ingrown Toenail
A guide to healing your toenail at home and knowing when to seek medical care Ingrown toenails are painful and may even require surgical removal if they become severe. But if you catch an ingrown nail early enough, th...
