Common Injuries in Young Dancers: Ballet & Rhythmic Gymnastics With over 20 years of experience treating dancers, Dr Philip Wrotslavsky DPM FACFAS founder of the Advanced Foot and Ankle Center of San Diego understands the unique physical demands placed on young ballet dancers and rhythmic gymnasts. These athletes push their bodies to achieve extraordinary movements,

Sprained ankle, how about if you sprain your ankle multiple times a year. Are you one of the millions of people that suffer with multiple ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability. Do you wonder why whenever you are about to go out on a hike you are afraid to roll the ankle. Many ankle sprains

3D Printed Surgical Implants For Charcot Foot Surgery 3D Printed Surgical Implants For Charcot Foot Surgery Today with advances in technology we have the ability to perform surgical corrections of deformities like never in the past. With the advent of 3-D custom printed implants we can now correct deformities of the foot and ankle with

Achilles Insertional Tendonitis Retrocalcaneal Heel Spur           Suffering with heel pain is not a way to live. Suffering with heel pain in the back of the heel that does not allow you to wear shoes with out the painful rubbing in the back of your shoe can be unbearable. The issue

Non unions of the foot and ankle So you stumbled across this page because you were probably diagnosed with a Non union of the foot and ankle. What are the causes of a non union. Three things, 1-  Mechanical 2-biological 3-infection . Mechanical means that the bones were not fixed in a proper position and

Ankle Fracture It happened, you are playing  basketball and roll your ankle pulling down a rebound. “Snap” you feel the crack in your bone and know the worst has happened. So you end up in the emergency room and an X-ray is done. The doctor tells you you broke your ankle, and you need surgery.

Personal injury expert evaluation and testimony Personal injuries can be very stressful whether you have suffered from a personal injury or if you are being sued for causing a personal injury. The use of expert testimony will make or break your case many times. Foot and ankle expert testimony in personal injury cases should not

Lateral Ankle instability part two. It’s been a few months and you keep spraining your ankle, you have tried a brace and even a custom brace. Now you are very frustrated and want to know your options. First thing is get a thorough exam. Is there a positive anterior draw sign. Is there excessive inversion of

Misonix Ultrasonic bone Scalpel I would like to introduce to you a great new innovation in bone surgery called the Misonix ultrasonic bone scalpel. Misonix Ultrasonic bone Scalpel This is a device that allows for accurate removal of bone when necessary with out the complications that can arise while using traditional bone saws. Many foot

Ankle Subchondroplasty           Ankle Subchondroplasty is a technique to repair microfractures and bone marrow edema of the ankle. This technique is appropriate for repair of microfractures and bone marrow edema of the bones of the foot as well. Subchondroplasty is a great procedure for people that have bone marrow defects of bones