DEAR DR. GOTT: I am an 80-year-old woman who seems to be stuck with what my doctors are calling a "drop foot." I acquired this malady after caring for my husband, who passed away several months ago. I ...

Foot problems run the gamut from blisters caused by wearing the wrong shoes to nonhealing foot ulcers caused by diabetes.

If you want to take a step toward better health, see a foot doctor. You might learn something about a totally different (and seemingly unrelated) part of your body. Sometimes, “your feet are the first ...

At Parkland’s COVID Recover Clinic, the patients aren’t who you might expect. And the symptoms would surprise you as well. The clinic focuses on patients admitted to the intensive care unit due to ...

Charcot foot is a disease that causes weakness of the bones and joints. It commonly affects the middle of the foot, the hindfoot joint, and the ankle and forefoot joints. Charcot foot, also known as ...

Joint pain in your foot is often due to inflammation of the joints (arthritis). This can be from an underlying condition, injury, or infection in your foot or elsewhere. But noninflammatory conditions ...

Feeling from your knee down is relayed to your brain by the tibial nerve. This nerve is also responsible for sending messages from your brain down to your lower leg. The tibial nerve stems from your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with foot symptoms demonstrate a higher risk for all-cause mortality than those without foot symptoms.