If spending more time at home due to COVID-19 has meant less time wearing shoes (or sporting your favorite pair of slippers, sandals, or flip flops), you may be experiencing more foot pain than usual.

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Swelling or puffy pockets around ankles may be alarming. Often referred to as edema, or fluid build-up in your body’s tissue, it’s common in pregnant people and those over 65. But is it cause for ...