Category Archives: Foot tendon and ligament pain

Chronic Pain of the Foot and Ankle

      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. 

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    Orpyx Orthotics Help Prevent Diabetic Foot Ulcers from Recurring

      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,

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      3D Printed Surgical Implants For Charcot Foot Surgery

        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

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        Achilles Tendon Rupture Repair

          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

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          Achilles Insertional Tendonitis Retrocalcaneal Heel Spur

            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

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            Ankle Equinus

              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

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              Personal injury expert evaluation and testimony

                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

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                Lateral Ankle Instability part two

                  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

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                  Flatfoot surgery

                    flatfoot surgery When Choosing a doctor to treat flatfoot it is important to make sure to try many non surgical treatments prior to choosing surgery. However sometimes non surgical treatments such as physical therapy , orthotics and different types of shoes fail in giving relief to your pain. Then you need to decide can you

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                    Flatfoot treatment in children

                      Flatfoot treatment in children If you went to ten doctors regarding a medical issue chances are you will get eleven opinions. If you went to ten doctors regarding their opinion on Flatfoot treatment in children you will probably get fifteen different opinions. Why is this so and what information should you as a parent use to make

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