patient experience post Lapidus bunionectomy?Medical and surgical care is often trending related to new technology and new concepts related to care. Surgical procedures are a great example of trends in medicine. A patient’s contact with a new procedu...
Working in a rural hospital I see a lot of foot and ankle trauma. ATV and motor sports injuries are common and often result in midfoot injuries. When the trauma is specific to the tarsal-metatarsal joint, we call these injuries Lisf...
I saw an 18 y/o young woman today in my practice who was 12 weeks out on her surgical procedure to correct posterior tibial
tendon dysfunction (PTTD). Following her surgery, the patient had spent 8 weeks in a hard cast and 4 weeks in a walking cast. ...
Pain specific to the outside, or lateral, aspect of the foot is a common condition called metatarsalgia. The term metatarsalgia is used to describe vague, aching pain specific to the metatarsal bones. Metatarsalgia can descr...
The navicular is often called the keystone of the arch. The navicular articulates with the talus (art of the ankle) and the cuneiform bones. The posterior tibial tendon inserts in the medial and plantar aspect of the navicular. The post...
