PODIATRIST EXPLAINS THE "PANDEMIC TOES" PHENOMENON

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As you make your way from the kitchen back to the living room, you’re suddenly shrieking in pain: You stubbed your toe. Again. And it really, really hurts.  Sound familiar? Believe it or not, one of the most common ailments doctors are seeing as a side-effect of working from home—and just being home so much in general—is toe and foot injuries, right up there with neck and back pain and Covid-somnia.

 

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Dr. Joseph Costello

 

“Most people do not wear shoes while at home and walk around in their sock feet or bare feet, which leaves the toes unprotected and, consequently, very susceptible to not just stubs and broken toes, but cracked toenails, infections, and plantar fasciitis,” explains podiatrist Joseph Costello, DPM.

 

Source: Leigh Weingus, Parade [2/5/21]


Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News


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