Both heel pain and heel spurs are often due to plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the long band of connective tissue running from the heel to the ball of the foot. Ingrown nails are nails whose corners or sides dig painfully into the skin. They are frequently caused by improper nail trimming, but also by shoe pressure, injury, fungus infection, heredity, and poor foot structure. Warts are caused by a virus that enters the skin through small cuts and infects the skin. Most warts are harmless and benign even though they are painful and unsightly.
Warts often come from walking barefoot on dirty surfaces.
While foot problems can affect people of any age, some problems are more prevalent in particular age groups. Warts, ingrown toenails, athlete s foot, flatfeet and sports related complaints. Heel pain, athlete s foot, fungal and deformed toenails, corns, calluses, hammertoes, bunions, and diabetic foot concerns. Toenail changes, dry and cracking skin, diabetic foot concerns, corns, calluses, hammertoes and bunions. Our Podiatrists Douglas A. Albreski, D.P.M. , director of the Podiatric Dermatology Clinic, is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine.