By Elizabeth Piselli, DPM  |  Board Certified Podiatrist, Rockville Centre, NY "What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges!" — Mark Twain, Rest One of the most important lessons I ever learned about recovery didn't come from medical school or residency. It came from a college class called Sleep and Dreams. The course was taught by William C. Dement — widely considered the father of modern sleep...

Why treating your feet means treating the whole person — from a sports medicine podiatrist serving Rockville Centre and Long Island Dr. Elizabeth Piselli, Board Certified Podiatrist Serving Rockville Centre, NY, Sports Medicine and Foot Health Early in my career, I learned something no textbook had prepared me for. I started keeping tissues in every treatment room — not because patients had allergies, but because many of them began to cry when they talked about their feet. At first this...

When I was in high school, I remember coming home one day completely exhausted and frustrated. I sat down with my father and started to cry. I couldn’t understand why I seemed to need so much more rest than everyone else. Other people appeared to push through long days, sports practices, homework, and social lives without slowing down. Meanwhile, I felt like I constantly needed sleep, nourishment, hydration, and breaks just to keep up. To a teenager, that felt like a weakness. I remember...