Walking in a straight line may feel perfectly normal. But what happens when you have to turn around? That simple movement can reveal a lot about how your body is moving. When Dr. Po Raval evaluates a patient’s gait, she doesn’t just watch them walk forward. She may ask them to take a few steps,
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When most people think about aging well, they think about exercise. Stay active. Maintain your muscle. Keep moving. Those things absolutely matter. But after 36 years as a podiatrist, I’ve seen patients who exercise regularly and still begin losing independence in other important areas of their lives. Healthy aging is bigger than muscle. Research increasingly
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Losing independence doesn’t usually happen all at once. It can start with small changes in the everyday things you used to do without thinking. Maybe getting out of a chair feels harder. You avoid the stairs. You find yourself holding onto a wall for balance. Or carrying your own groceries suddenly feels like more work
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As a podiatrist, I talk to patients about bunions all the time. But there’s something that surprises many of them: I have a pretty significant bunion myself, and I haven’t had surgery. Why? Because how a bunion looks isn’t the only factor that determines whether it needs surgery. Here are the reasons I’ve chosen not
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