MA PODIATRIST OFFERS SAFETY TIPS FOR HIKERS

PODIATRIST, DR. GREGORY CATALANO STATES, "IN THE UNITED STATES, MORE THAN 38 MILLION PEOPLE ANNUALLY GO HIKING, AND THE POPULAR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY HAS RECENTLY SEEN INCREASED INTEREST IN ITS MORE COMPETETIVE AND EXTREME FORMS.  THE AMERICANM COLLEGE OF FOOT AND ANKLE SURGEONS (ACFAS) REMINDS ALL HIKERS, WHETHER AVID OR RECREATIONAL, THAT INJURIES ARE COMMON AND CAREFUL PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL TO REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF INJURY AND COMPLICATIONS WHEN THEY OCCUR.  WE'VE ALL SEEN HIKERS ACCOMPLISHING GREAT FEATS SUCH AS COMPLETING THE PACIFIC CREST OR APPALACHIAN TRAILS AND THESE STORIES INSPIRE US TO UNDERTAKE MORE CHALLENGING OR LONGER HIKES.  AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HIKING INCREASES AND THEY TAKE ON MORE CHALLENGING TERRAIN, WE ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN INJURIES OF ALL LEVELS OF HIKERS, FROM ACHILLES TENDON AND HEAL PAIN TO MORE TRAUMATIC INJURIES INCLUDING SPRAINS AND FRACTURES OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE AS WELL AS STRESS FRACTURES OF THE FOOT, LEG AND ANKLE."

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE TREAT ALL KINDS OF FOOT CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE ONES JUST MENTIONED.  WE PRIDE OURSELVES WITH PROVIDING EACH AND EVERYONE OF OUR PATIENTS WITH A HIGH QUALITY OF FOOT CARE AND CUSTOM ORTHOTICS.  IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE REQUIRES FOOT CARE FROM CHIROPODISTS WHO TREAT THEIR PATIENTS LIKE FAMILY, THEN LOOK NO FURTHER.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.