For many post-stroke patients, regaining the ability to walk is one of their most important goals. However, severe ankle contractures—where the foot becomes stuck in a downward-pointing position (equinus deformity)—can make walking nearly impossible. This condition forces patients to walk on their toes, leads to instability, and in many cases, confines them to a wheelchair.

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,

  Suffering from chronic pain of the foot and ankle requires a multimodality approach.  One can get chronic pain in the foot and ankle for many reasons such as CRPS otherwise known as complex regional pain syndrome, or after trauma or multiple fractures, and also after surgeries 1 can develop chronic foot and ankle pain. 

There are over 136 million people in North American that have diabetes or are pre-diabetic. If you are reading this, odds are you are one of them. When you have diabetes there are a lot of things going on that you must watch for. Many people with diabetes, about 70%, have a condition called neuropathy,

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 Tendon Rupture Repair Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair POP, you feel it in the back of your ankle. It can feel as if someone slugged you with a bat in the back of the heel. You fall down and can barley walk on the foot. Overnight the ankle and heel get swollen and purple. When

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

Does your ankle not move all the way up. Are you or your child walking with out your heel hitting the ground.  Then you may have a condition called equinus The Ankle Joint is a key joint in your lower extremity that your body rolls over in the process of propelling you forward during the

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