Common Disorders

Did you know the foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments, 19 muscles, and numerous tendons? These parts all work together to allow the foot to move in a variety of ways while balancing your weight and propelling you forward or backward on even or uneven surfaces. It is no wonder that 75 percent of all Americans will experience foot problems at one point or another in their lifetimes.

Common Foot & Ankle Disorders

Adult Flatfoot

Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is one of several terms to describe a painful, progressive flatfoot deformity in adults. Other terms include posterior tibial tendon insufficiency

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Advanced Wound Care

Utilizing the latest wound care products such as skin grafts that contain living human skin cells to promote healing of diabetic foot ulcers and using

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Ankle Pain

The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the human body. It is located at the back of the ankle joint and can be felt

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Ankle Sprain

What Is an Ankle Sprain?   An ankle sprain is an injury to one or more ligaments in the ankle, usually on the outside of

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Arch Disorders

Cavus foot is often caused by a neurologic disorder or other medical condition, such as cerebral palsy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, spina bifida, polio, muscular dystrophy or stroke. … If

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Arthritis

Stiffness of the big toe joint is termed Hallux Limitus. Hallux is the medical term for the big toe. When the big toe possesses no motion,

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Athletic Injuries

From the repeated pounding that runners’ feet receive on paved surfaces to the side-to-side motion seen in court sports, there’s no question that athletes’ feet

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Bunion Deformity

One of the more common conditions treated by podiatric surgeons is the painful bunion. Patients with this condition will usually complain of pain when wearing

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Cryosurgery

Cryosurgery is the application of extreme cold to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue. Cryotherapy is used to treat a number of diseases and disorders, such

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Diagnostic Ultrasound

Imaging study utilized in the office to diagnose soft tissue Foot and Ankle pathology involving the tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves and foreign body. All the

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Haglund’s Deformity

What Is Haglund’s Deformity? Haglund’s deformity is a bony enlargement on the back of the heel. The soft tissue near the Achilles tendon becomes irritated

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Heel Pain

The most common form of heel pain, is pain on the bottom of the heel. It tends to occur for no apparent reason and is

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Kids Orthotics

Kiddy’s provide the benefit of inexpensive biomechanical support for fast growing kids as an alternative to custom orthotics to prevent a wide array of Foot

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Platelet Rich Plasma

CASCADE® Autologous Platelet System Interest in fibrin clot techniques and the expanded application of growth factors in soft tissue and bone repair have led to

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Toe Surgery

What Is Hammertoe?   Hammertoe is a contracture (bending) deformity of one or both joints of the second, third, fourth or fifth (little) toes. This

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