Rock G. Positano, DPM, MSc, MPH, DSc, Founder and Director of the Non-surgical Foot and Ankle Service and the Heel Pain Center at HSS shares essential travel foot-health tips and a packing list with U.S. News & World Report to help keep your feet healthy on the go.

According to Dr. Positano, your feet never go on holiday. When traveling, your feet are constantly working – even if you're on vacation. A foot in pain or suffering from an injury can “make or break” a vacation that you spent time and money planning. The best “travel insurance” isn’t the dollars spent to secure your deposit back in case of any emergency. Instead, it’s having healthy feet.

In the stress of planning and the excitement of traveling, people often ignore how important their feet are, especially when going on vacations that require a tremendous amount of walking or standing, climbing hills or having to handle difficult and uneven terrain. That is, until they start to feel foot pain or discomfort. There may be nothing more stressful or baffling than when a patient comes to my office at the Hospital for Special Surgery complaining of foot and ankle pain a few days, or even one day, before they leave for their trip (which happens far too frequently). If this pain had been a recurring issue, the smarter option would be for the patient to come to me four to eight weeks before their trip.

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