Posts for: September, 2010
What percent of patient require surgery for heel pain ,plantar fasciitis, or heel spurs? At my partice, Premier Ankle & Foot Specialists ,only 5% will need surgical management. The way to obtain relief through conservative measures is finding the combination for each individual patient. We have a ladder approach. The bottom has the most conservative and the top is surgery. Only 5% of my patient will end-up at the top of the ladder.
Many patients arrive at the office after an injury and say they have a broken bone. There symptoms can range from swelling, pain, pain on palpation, black and blue, and redness. Most patient believe something is broken because the severity of the symptoms, but may of the times the foot is sprain instead of broken. Sprains and fractures can look very different or at times similar. A fracture is a break or cortical interruption in the cortex of the bone. Sprains are soft tissue injuries to the tissue. At time it can be better to fracture instead of sprain the area.
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