Lance Silverman, MD

06/25/2026

Can you walk your way to better mental health?

Exercise can be beneficial in countless ways. It helps you maintain an ideal weight, improves heart health and can give your mental health a boost, but what can it do for depressed individuals? Is curing your depression as simple as getting up and putting one foot in front of the other thousands of....

06/24/2026

Which is better for your heart heath, running or swimming?

All forms of exercise are great, but some a better than others when it comes to improving specific areas of your health. We tell all our patients who are dealing with advanced stages of arthritis in their knees and ankles that swimming may be a great alternative to running because the stress demands...

06/23/2026

Artificial intelligence can pass medical board exams, but can it reason like a doctor when actually tasked with providing care?

AI models are improving every day, and if you’ve played around with these large language models like ChatGPT or Claude, you’ve seen these improvements firsthand over the last few months. Because these models are always improving, it should come as no surprise that they are now able to do really ...

06/18/2026

Check out our Q&A with Truthe Health Co-Founder Dr. Chad Ferguson. In it, he explains how Truthe is working to revolutionize how patients prepare for and recover after surgery with optimized nutrition programs https://www.anklefootmd.com/truthe-qa-with-co-founder-dr-chad-ferguson/

06/16/2026

What's the secret to happiness? Hint, it's not money

A study out of Harvard may have discovered the key to happiness, and no, it’s not money. The results are from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which is the longest-running happiness study in the world. Started in 1938, the study follows 724 men from teenage-hood to old age, and eventually i...

06/15/2026

Could your nap schedule actually predict your death risk?

A new study that took a closer look at daytime naps found an association between some factors an an increased risk for all-cause mortality in middle to older-aged adults. The study looked at health and nap data from more than 86,000 non-shift workers. After analyzing different factors, researchers i...

06/11/2026

Let's spotlight five foot conditions that respond well to weight loss

We wanted to use today's blog to spotlight five foot conditions that tend to respond well to weight loss.

06/09/2026

Let's talk about "walking it off" and other bad advice for your foot health

We take a closer look at some bad foot-related advice that we hear on a regular basis, and we explain why you shouldn't just blindly trust these pieces of advice.

06/08/2026

Are modern shoes increasing our injury risk?

I was recently fascinated by a podcast episode I listened to from The Art of Manliness. The episode was titled “Built to Walk – How Modern Shoes and Weak Feet Are Holding You Back.” In the episode, podcast host Brett McKay interviewed Dr. Milica McDowell, a physical therapist and co-author of ...

06/05/2026

Check out these five tips for exercising on sand this summer

In today's blog, we share some tips for exercising on sand so that you can stay injury free.