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What to do about Plantar Warts
What is a Wart? Warts are skin growths caused by a strain of the HPV virus that lives within the top layer of skin. Their appearance depends primarily on their location. Although they don’t spread easily, wart viruses can be passed to others by direct contact, or...
Podiatrist Shares Top 10 Foot Health Tips
Our feet often suffer neglect which can lead to pain, infection and deformity. Proper foot care is particularly important for people who have underling health problems such as diabetes, poor circulation, and loss of feeling in the feet. Podiatrist Dr. Rosemarie...
Pandemic Poses Another Threat for Patients with Diabetes
As COVID-19 appears to be building momentum worldwide, America's podiatrists say they're treating some of the sickest patients of their careers - but those patients are not suffering from the coronavirus. Instead, they're patients with diabetes who have delayed care...
New Location and New Name: Crimson Foot Care
We are delighted to announce that we have rebranded our podiatry practice to Crimson Foot Care and are moving to a new office in Northport, Alabama! Our new modern office provides an extra treatment room to better accommodate our growing number of patients needing...
Podiatry Service During COVID-19 Pandemic
Maintaining the health of all our patients and staff is very important during the COVID-19 crisis. We recognize some patients will continue to need in-office treatment for ongoing high risk foot care, wounds, acute injuries, and infections to avoid a trip to the ER or...
Beware of Gout! Tips to Avoid a Painful Attack
A patient once told me that he had "The Goutch." I was certain he was referring to the disease called gout which was making him say "ouch!" Gout is a very painful form of arthritis that occurs when high levels of uric acid in the blood cause crystals to form and...
Feet and Falling: Foot Care to Prevent Falls
For most of our adult lives, we tend to take for granted our ability to stand upright and on our feet. Seniors must be aware that the chance of falling increases as we age starting at around our mid-60's. Fortunately, most of these falls cause only minor scrapes and...
Dr.’s Remedy Nail Polish: Our Prescription for Beautiful Healthy Nails
For people with problem nails or those who just want to keep them healthy and strong, we have the right nail polish prescription available at our podiatry office. Dr.'s Remedy enriched nail care line is a great alternative to traditional nail polish. Formulated by 2...
Top 3 Causes of Heel Pain Under the Foot
One of the most common foot problem I treat is heel pain. There are several causes of pain under and around the heel that will lead a person into my podiatry office here in Tuscaloosa. The top 3 causes of heel pain that I see occurring under the foot would be the...
UA Employee Health Fair: Elect to be Healthy…and on Your Feet!
The University of Alabama and our podiatry office are mutually excited to partner together for the 21st Annual Employee Health Fair. This year's theme is "Elect to be Healthy!" and we are adding on "...and on Your Feet" to help educate the public on the importance of...