Foot & Ankle
The foot and ankle provide a foundation and bear the weight of the entire body. Keeping the patient’s feet and ankles free of pain will allow them greater mobility and freedom to pursue activities they enjoy.
Patients experience a number of foot and ankle problems including bunions, heel pain, neuromas, hammertoes, and flat feet all of which can result in severe pain. Foot and ankle pain can make a patient feel tired and irritable, often interfering with the ability to perform many of the daily tasks we take for granted. Many factors contribute to the cause of pain in the foot and ankle including poorly fitting shoes, heredity, aging and disease.
Athletes and dancers sometimes experience unique foot and ankle problems related to the stress on these joints while participating in practice and events. The physicians at Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine have experience in correcting and/or preventing foot and ankle injury for these active individuals.
Options to relieve foot and ankle discomfort include non-surgical solutions. Following a thorough evaluation, our physicians can suggest such options as medications, steroid injections, specific exercises, shoe inserts, foot pads, and walking casts. For foot and ankle problems not relieved by conservative treatment, surgery is an option.
Learn more about common conditions:
- Achilles tendonitis
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Osteoarthritis of the Foot and Ankle
- Broken Ankle
- Bunions
- Chronic Lateral Ankle Pain
- Clubfoot
- Corns
- Flexible flatfoot in children
- Fractures of the Talus
- Fractures of the Heel
- Hammer toe
- Heel Pain
- High arched feet (cavus)
- Intoeing
- Neuroma
- Orthotic Devices
- Pilon Fracture of the Ankle
- Plantar fasciitis
- Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
- Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle
- Sesamoiditis
- Sprained Ankle
- Stiff Big Toe (Hallux rigidus)
- Stress Fractures of the Foot and Ankle
- Toe and Forefoot Fractures
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Because the symptoms of tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) can be confused with other conditions, proper evaluation is essential so that a correct diagnosis can be made and appropriate treatment initiated. That’s why the place to start is with one of the accomplished and highly skilled specialists at OCC – Advanced
Post Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
Post-tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD) is a painful condition. Without treatment, the collapsed flat foot that develops from PTTD eventually becomes rigid, and arthritis develops in the foot and ankle. Post-tibial tendon dysfunction is usually progressive, which means it will keep getting worse, especially if it isn’t treated early. The place to
