Author name: Dr Fabienne Rottenberg

Chronic pain has a way of narrowing life down. Fewer walks. Skipped workouts. Stairs that used to be nothing suddenly […]

Miles of walking every single day, subway stairs constantly, concrete underfoot with zero give. Just hard ground, all day, every

Most people with bunions don’t start thinking about surgery right away. They try wider shoes first. Then orthotics. Then padding.

Bunion surgery is a significant procedure with a recovery period that affects daily life for weeks to months. Getting it

There’s a specific kind of foot pain that’s hard to describe. Not a sharp injury pain. More like walking on

Athletes in New York don’t slow down easily. Runners logging miles through Central Park, basketball players on outdoor courts in

New Yorkers walk. A lot. The average New York City resident logs somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000 steps a day

A small cut on the foot. A blister that broke open. A sore that’s been there a few weeks and

Most people who end up getting orthotics didn’t start out thinking they needed them for their feet. They came in

It rarely starts as a crisis. More like a low-level annoyance: a shoe that rubs slightly more than it used