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Anderson Podiatry Center

At Anderson Podiatry Center we are committed to helping to heal, care for and improve the foundation of the human body.

We offer complete foot and ankle treatment, and we specialize in neuropathy, restless leg syndrome, and many other specialized treatments of the foot and ankle. We offer complete foot and ankle care and treatment, and we specialize in Neuropathy and Restless Leg Syndrome, Sports Medicine, and Children's foot problem. We offer the latest state-of-the-art treatments for nail fungus, bunions, arthritis, heel pain, and foot and ankle reconstructive surgery. We are honored to be entrusted with the care of our patients who travel to our clinic from Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas, as well as other parts of the country. We are the only foot and ankle clinic that owns and operates its own licensed and Medicare-certified outpatient surgery center where the majority of our surgical procedures are performed, offering comfort, convenience and quality care.

10/10/2026

Three things that come up in the office more than people expect, when the conversation turns to joint pain and what to do between appointments.

One. Inflammation is systemic before it is local. The joint that hurts is where you feel it, not necessarily where it started.

Two. Long gaps between meals change how the body handles inflammation. Intermittent fasting is not a foot treatment and nobody should treat it as one, but the research on inflammatory markers is interesting enough that it is worth knowing about.

Three. The anti inflammatory in the cabinet and the anti inflammatory on the plate are not interchangeable. One is a tool for a flare. The other is a habit that runs in the background.

None of this replaces an evaluation of why a specific joint hurts. It is the part of the picture that happens between visits.

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10/08/2026

Nail fungus does not arrive in October. It gets comfortable in October.

All summer the foot is in sandals, open to air and light. Then the temperature drops, the closed shoes come back, and the same foot spends ten hours a day somewhere warm, dark and humid. That is the environment the fungus was waiting for.

The early version is easy to miss and easy to explain away: a nail that looks slightly thicker, a yellow edge, a bit of crumbling at the tip. It does not hurt, so it waits. By spring it is thick enough that trimming it is a project.

Treating it early is a much shorter road than treating it late. If you noticed something in the last few weeks, that is the version worth bringing in.

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10/06/2026

Drop foot usually announces itself in a small way. A toe catches on carpet. You start lifting the knee a little higher without deciding to. Somebody notices the sound of your step before you do.

What is happening underneath is that a nerve has stopped delivering its signal to the muscle that lifts the front of the foot. And muscle that goes unsignaled does not wait politely. It changes.

That is why the timeline matters here in a way it does not for most foot complaints. There is roughly a ninety day window where the conversation is about restoring function, and after it the conversation shifts to managing what is left. Same patient, different set of options, and the only variable was time.

If your foot has started catching, that is worth an evaluation now rather than after the holidays.

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10/02/2026

Put two shoes side by side and the difference is not the style. It's the shape of the toe box.

One lets the forefoot sit the way it was built to sit. The other asks five toes to share the space of three, every day, for years. The foot does not complain the first season. It adapts, and the adaptation is the problem.

That is how a lot of bunions, neuromas and ingrown nails start. Not with an injury, with a shape.

October is when closed shoes come back out of the closet. Before you commit to a pair for the next six months, look at the widest part of the shoe and the widest part of your foot, and see whether they line up.

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10/01/2026

This month we talked about a tunnel behind the ankle, an Achilles tendon that doesn't warn you, a bunion before it hurts, a demonstration that shows restless legs instead of just describing it, arthritis that shows up with the cold, and a six-month follow-up back on the trail.

Different conditions, same starting question: what's actually causing this, not just how do we quiet it down.

October is next. The question doesn't change.

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09/29/2026

Medication is often the first thing offered for restless legs, and for a lot of people it does quiet the symptoms. That's worth acknowledging. It helps.

What it doesn't do is ask why the legs are doing this in the first place. Some of these medications also carry side effects worth knowing about: with Mirapex, for example, shortness of breath has been reported alongside the more commonly discussed ones.

None of this is a reason to stop or change anything on your own. That conversation belongs with your prescribing doctor. It's also not the only path available. When a compressed nerve is the driver, that's something a different kind of treatment can address directly.

Two approaches, not opposites. Worth knowing both exist.

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09/28/2026

Why Do You Have Neuropathy? Podiatrist’s Theory After Years Of Treating It

Why do you have neuropathy—and what if there’s another piece of the puzzle worth investigating? After years of treating patients with neuropathy and studying peripheral nerves, Dr. Anderson shares his theory about the role nerve compression may play in some patients’ symptoms.

🧠 Want to explore YOUR nerve symptom patterns?
Try the FREE 15-minute NerveMap™ educational tool:
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Neuropathy can have many recognized causes, and sometimes the underlying cause remains unclear. Dr. Anderson’s clinical experience and research have led him to investigate whether peripheral nerve compression or irritation may be an overlooked contributor in some patients experiencing burning, tingling, numbness, pain, or weakness.

In this Short, he explains why he believes looking at where and how the nerves may be compressed can add another piece to the neuropathy conversation.

Have you looked into nerve compression for your Neuropathy? Let us know in the comments!

Check out our Restless Legs page to hear more RLS success stories
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09/27/2026

Leg & Foot Nerve Pain: Where Does It Start?

If you have nerve pain in your legs or feet, finding where that pain actually starts can be one of the most important pieces of the puzzle.

Burning. Tingling. Numbness. Shooting pain. Electric sensations. Many patients experiencing these symptoms are evaluated for problems originating in the back or spine—but the back isn't the only place a nerve can become irritated or compressed.

🧠 Want to explore YOUR nerve symptom patterns?
Try the FREE 15-minute NerveMap educational tool:
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In this episode of The Nerve of It, Dr. Anderson explores an important question:
Where is your nerve pain actually coming from?

In this episode, you'll learn about:
• Why nerve pain in the legs and feet can be difficult to trace
• Why the location of your symptoms can provide important clues
• How peripheral nerve compression may contribute to burning, tingling, numbness, or pain
• Why treating the correct location matters
• Questions to ask when previous treatments haven't provided the answers you were hoping for

Check out our Restless Legs page to hear more RLS success stories
🌐 https://www.facebook.com/AndersonPodiatryCenter

🔗 Learn more: Restless Legs
https://andersonpodiatrycenter.com/services/restless-leg-syndrome/

📅 Book an appointment: Contact Us
https://andersonpodiatrycenter.com/contact-us/

✈️ Traveling for surgery? Plan your visit
https://andersonpodiatrycenter.com/surgery-center/

📘 Amazon Bestseller: A Perfect Night’s Sleep
https://linkly.link/2SE9K

🏆 Award-Winning Research: Explore our findings
https://andersonpodiatrycenter.com/award-winning-research/

09/25/2026

Six months ago, a patient came in after months of numbness and balance problems that had already changed how they moved through a normal day: slower on stairs, careful on uneven ground, avoiding hikes they used to do without thinking.

After nerve decompression and follow-up care, they're back on Colorado trails this fall. Not cautiously. Just back.

We don't publish every outcome, and results vary by case. A real evaluation is the only way to know what's realistic for you. But six-month and one-year follow-ups are part of how we know whether a treatment actually held, not just whether it helped on day one.

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09/23/2026

Fall officially starts this week, and for a lot of people, so does the joint ache they only get this time of year.

Foot and ankle arthritis doesn't always announce itself with swelling or an obvious flare. Sometimes it's just stiffness that's a little worse when the temperature drops. It's a real, measurable pattern, not just something people say.

What actually helps through the colder months: supportive footwear over flat ones, staying moving rather than resting completely, and getting a joint imaged if the same spot aches every year, because "it's just the cold" and "it's arthritis" aren't always the same thing.

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