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Grow­ing old may be inevitable, how­ev­er, aging well is a choice. Thanks to med­ical advance­ments and increased access to care, the aver­age Amer­i­can is liv­ing to near­ly 80 years old. Tak­ing a proac­tive approach, and estab­lish­ing healthy habits now can help you to feel your best as you enter into your gold­en years. Our Inter­nal Med­i­cine physi­cians, as well as some of their active senior patients, share what you can do now to remain healthy, regard­less of your age.

Plan­tar fasci­itis typ­i­cal­ly affects adults aged 40 – 60. It is most often caused by a com­bi­na­tion of overuse and poor arch sup­port. It results in injury of the plan­tar fas­cia in the heel area, lead­ing to inflam­ma­tion and pain. The plan­tar fas­cia is a thick band of tis­sue that lines the bot­tom of your foot; it is anchored to the base of the heel bone and attach­es to ball of your foot.

Your breasts are made up of glands, ducts and fibrous tis­sue, referred to col­lec­tive­ly as fibrog­lan­du­lar tis­sue, and fat­ty tis­sue, all wrapped in skin. Dur­ing a mam­mo­gram, your radi­ol­o­gist eval­u­ates the images to deter­mine the amount of dense ver­sus fat­ty tis­sue in your breasts.

Essen­tial­ly, there are two fac­tors that can cause issues to the spine as we age. The first is change in the struc­tur­al integri­ty of the bone itself, oth­er­wise known as bone min­er­al den­si­ty. The sec­ond is wear and tear, or degen­er­a­tion, of the var­i­ous motion pro­duc­ing struc­tures of the spine. While there are a vari­ety of spine issues one may expe­ri­ence, these two types of con­di­tions tend to make up the major­i­ty of med­ical issues that bring patients to their doctor.

Veins of the body are respon­si­ble for car­ry­ing blood from the var­i­ous parts of the body to the heart. As peo­ple age, prob­lems can devel­op in the veins and can cause a vari­ety of dis­eases. Approx­i­mate­ly one third of men and women have vari­cose veins with vary­ing presentations.

Mol­lus­cum Con­ta­gio­sum is a skin dis­ease that is caused by the pox virus. The virus enters the skin through a break in the skin. The virus then incu­bates and then growths appear. Mol­lus­ca usu­al­ly look like small flesh col­ored or pink dome shape growths. The have a small cen­tral inden­ta­tion or white core. They often become red and inflamed. They are often found in the folds of the skin but can also appear on the abdomen, chest, groin and face.

For many fam­i­lies, swim­ming is a favorite sum­mer pas­time and is a great way to cool off on a hot sum­mer day. From fatigue to hydra­tion, it is impor­tant to take pre­cau­tions to pre­vent injury or ill­ness when­ev­er you spend time in the water. Fam­i­ly Med­i­cine physi­cian, Dr. Eliz­a­beth Giese shares healthy swim­ming habits that will help keep you and your fam­i­ly safe while enjoy­ing your time in the water this summer.

Over­ac­tive blad­der (OAB) is a chron­ic con­di­tion that can affect your life in so many dif­fer­ent ways, a lot of times because you are wor­ried about your blad­der trig­ger­ing at the wrong time. Learn about three FDA-approved advanced ther­a­pies avail­able that can help you gain con­trol of your bladder.

While the fun­da­men­tals of main­tain­ing good health are the same for men and women, the risk of devel­op­ing cer­tain con­di­tions can vary. For­tu­nate­ly, estab­lish­ing healthy habits can go a long way in keep­ing men feel­ing their best. Dur­ing the month of Novem­ber, in an effort to increase aware­ness of sev­er­al con­di­tions that affect men’s health, our physi­cians share tips to help men stay healthy.

Strong pelvic floor mus­cles are vital to a wom­an’s health and sense of well-being. From your child-bear­ing years to menopause, it is impor­tant to keep your pelvic floor mus­cles strong and healthy.