Dr. A. Michael Marasco Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

08/07/2025

Prioritize Functional Strength Over Muscle Mass. Elderly Blue Zone residents can still carry groceries, chop wood, and squat without assistance—real-life strength. Functional strength is more predictive of longevity than muscle mass alone. (Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 2021). Blue Zone in Nicoya, Costa Rica, 80-year-olds still climb trees, while Ikarians tend goats on rocky hillsides.

08/07/2025

Coming August 2025: ASSURANCE - A Web-Based Series designed to improve patient certainty in understanding their options for treatment of the foot and ankle. A practice-driven, expert led summary and patient forum for treatment options from a board certified clinician and consultant with 46 years experience in the medical, surgical and orthopedic treatment of the foot and ankle. ​Click to learn more https://www.footache.com/post/assurance-a-second-act-project-coming-soon

08/07/2025

https://www.footache.com/post/the-importance-of-movement

We need to look at exercise in a different way, a more fundamental way, a way that is part of the natural cycle of growth and life. That way is called movement.

07/29/2025

Here's why artisan food is important -

06/24/2025

The Dangers of Hot Pavement and Sand

Protect your feet from the radiant heat that comes from the surfaces we walk on. Darker pavements, especially black ones, absorb the sun's rays, making them blisteringly hot. A blacktop surface can reach up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit on an 85-degree day. Similarly, at the beach, dry sand can reach up to 100 degrees when the air temperature is only 75 degrees. An air temperature of 90 degrees can heat the sand to over 120 degrees, which can lead to first- and second-degree burns on the skin. And remember if it's too hot for you it's definitely too hot for your pets.

06/24/2025

There are a few things about flip-flops that keep foot doctors up at night

For those of you who are diehard flip flop fans yes, you can wear flip-flops—as long as you follow your foot doctor's advice.

03/20/2025

Coming August 2025 - ASSURANCE - A Web-Based Series designed to improve patient certainty in understanding their options for treatment of the foot and ankle. A practice driven expert led summary and patient forum for treatment options from a board certified clinician and consultant with 46 years experience in the medical, surgical and orthopedic treatment of the foot and ankle. Subscribe to our new series now at https://www.footache.com/patient-newsletter and read a sample e-learning event on A Disease of Past Times Becomes a Current Challenge at https://www.footache.com/post/the-number-1-arthritic-mononeuropathy-diagnosed-in-the-world.

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02/10/2025

Digital health technologies encompass ERH (electronic health records), clinical decision support systems, telemedicine, mobile apps, wearable devices, data analytics, AI and personalized health and provide useful information for quality care and improved treatment outcomes.

Let's use the available digital technologies to improve our health care system with more focus on wellness and disease prevention utilizing predictive digital health information to better adapt treatment plans and behaviors that have the greatest impact on the ability to manage our personal health and well-being of our communities leading to cost effective quality care.

02/07/2025

Stay in the know with the many health benefits of extra virgin olive oil including heart health, high in antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, helps manage blood sugar.

Did you know? that olive oil was relatively unheard of in the US and barely mentioned in the early editions of the Betty Crocker Cookbook and wasn't looked at as an ingredient until 1973 when Marcella Hazan published her classic book on Italian cooking.

Next shipment arriving in February.

12/16/2024

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07/31/2024

Colin Jost who is in Tahiti covering the 2024 Paris Olympics surfing events injured his foot on a coral reef. Some coral reefs have high concentrations of reef-dwelling bacteria. Cuts can develop into a serious infection with redness of the skin around the wounded area and cellulitis. If you're swimming , diving or surfing in waters with coral reefs take extra precautions. Even a small cut or scrape can develop into a serious, infected wound.

07/31/2024

Too often missing from the healthcare debate in the US is the role of personal responsibility. Healthcare costs will be lower for all of us, the healthier we are. Study after study show that there are aspects of our own health and, in turn, our country's collective health that are influenced based on what we do with our bodies and those decisions should not be taken lightly.

Whatever is happening in Washington none of us should ignore that we each have a role to play in the future of national healthcare by understanding our bodies with a concern for community health and active involvement in local and national decisions made on healthcare policy.