Clinton Township Newsletter

4 J u l y 2 0 1 8 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com OVER 25 YEARS IN PRACTICE Specializing in Surgical & Non-Surgical Treatment for: • Ingrown & Fungus Nails • Plantar War ts/Children & Adults • Custom Orthotics • Corns/Calluses • Heel Pain/Arch Pain/Plantar Fascitis • Foot Pain/Ankle Pain/Other Spor t Injuries: Bunions/Hammer toes • Diabetic Care/Diabetic Shoes – covered by Medicare • DIGITAL X-RAYS AND VASCULAR TESTING ON SITE DR. HOWARD J. TZORFAS Podiatrist-Surgeon Board Cer tified in Podiatric Medicine & Surgery Located at the HUNTERDON HILLS PLAZA 1386 Highway 22 West, Lebanon | 908.236.6999 Call Today and Have Relief Tomorrow! Visit our website at: www.DrTzorfas.com Also Located at the Brass Castle Professional Bldg., 10 Brass Castle Rd., Washington, NJ 908.835.1730 Evening Appointments Available Medicare and Most Insurances Accepted Digital Scanning Tool Diabetic Shoes/ Inserts Richie Brace Custom Orthotics • No more casting or foam impressions needed. • Can be done during your regular office visit. • Takes only minutes. • Covered by most insurance plans/Medicare. Now Available in Both Offices (Lebanon & Washington) OVER 25 YEARS IN PRACTICE W h y D o M y F e e t o r t o e s F e e l N u M b ? By Howard J. Tzorfas D.P.M. Everybody can have their toes or feet feel numb at some point in their life. This numbness usually is temporary and goes away by itself. It could be that you slept wrong, because of shoes not fitting properly, or from trying to wear shoes for the wrong purpose. The most important thing is that this numbness goes away. So what happens when your numbness doesn't go away by itself? You could have other systemic or contributing factors that can cause numbness. This numbness is usually called neuropathy and one of the most common systemic diseases that can cause neuropathy is diabetes. You should not wait to get evaluated by a podiatrist if you do have diabetes and neuropathy. There are many different treatments, both topically and orally, depending upon your severity. Another common cause for numbness in your feet and toes is related to your back. Many people who have herniated discs or sciatica can suffer from chronic numbness. You would need to be evaluated by a specialist for this problem. There are additional treatments that a podiatrist can provide for you that can reduce some of the symptoms, such as custom made arch supports called orthotics that can help re-balance your feet and legs. There are many other causes for numbness in your feet. A podiatrist can do specialized tests to determine the severity of this neuropathy, and then move ahead with the proper treatment. If you have any foot problems or issues and questions, please contact Howard J. Tzorfas, D.P.M. at 908.236.6999, or visit: www.DrTzorfas.com. Conveniently located in the Hunterdon Hills Plaza, 1386 Highway 22 West, Lebanon. Meeting Patton, continued from page 3... He asked to see our weekend passes. We each offered them to him. He then ripped them up and threw our hard-earned passes on the ground. Not one of us ventured to tell him that he was littering... The General turned us around and told us we were to go back to our units. We were very disappointed at missing a day in the city of Nancy, which would have been very interesting to see. We damn well accepted our fate, however, as one had to, because General Patton's order was law. I look back on that incident years later, I realize that we were doing just what we were supposed to be doing, no more no less. If you sent a husband, a brother, or father overseas in WW2, that's what they did also. (By the way, I wish I had that jeep today...) Of the two years I spent in the Army, nine months were spent in hand-to-hand combat. It's a time period in my life I can never forget. "Boots," the Native American Indian: Boots was a first sergeant – a full-blooded Native-American Indian from Kansas. We had just landed in Normandy, France, after crossing the English Channel and Boots was very much afraid. For that matter, we were all very much afraid. You had to be out of your mind if you weren't. The Germans had Night Riders flying over our heads all night. Boots, that first night, dug the deepest foxhole of all of us to sleep in. In the morning we found him there, dead. He had been killed by shrapnel from the German Air Force, making him the first man from the 35th Infantry Division to die on foreign soil. Please have a safe Fourth of July, and remember that a lot of people have gone overseas to fight for our country. Today we pay tribute to those who did not make it back." – Fred Keesing

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