Overview for Custom Orthotics and Shoe Modifications
At Podiatry Affiliates, we offer a wide variety of services with respect to shoes and shoe modifications including custom orthotics, prefabricated shoe inserts and pads, personalized shoe modifications, and diabetic shoes with custom molded inlays...more!
Arthritis of the Big Toe Joint (Hallux Rigidus)
The most common form of arthritis in the foot is located to the joint behind the great toe. Normally, 90% of body weight pushes off this joint during toe off at the end of a gait cycle...more!
Haglund's Deformity
Haglund's deformity is an enlargement of bone in the back of the heel that is aggravated by shoe irritation. It occurs most commonly in women who wear pump shoes and the deformity is commonly known as the"pump bump"...more! |
Aerobic Dancing?
More than 24 million people participate in aerobics.
Aerobic dance has blossomed into a sport for all to have fun
while losing weight and keeping in shape. There are varied
forms of aerobics...
Ankle Sprains in the Athlete: Diagnosis and Treatment
The ankle sprain is one of the most common sports-related injuries, with lateral (outside) ankle injuries occurring most often. Adequate understanding of the anatomy, mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of these injuries is essential for doctors who treat ankle sprains...
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Arthritic Disorders and Treatments
Joint stiffness, pain or tenderness, swelling and/or redness that persists for more than two weeks-all may signal arthritis...
Athlete's Foot-Skin Fungus Infection
Athlete's Foot is the most common term to describe a fungus condition involving the skin of the feet and toes. Another term is Tinea Pedis...
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Athletic Shoes: A Quick look
The purpose of an athletic shoe is to protect the foot from the stresses of your sport, while permitting the athlete to achieve his/her maximum potential...
Bunions
A bunion is an enlargement of bone at the big toe joint. It is usually characterized by deviation of the big toe either on top of or under the second toe.
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Crossover Toe
Crossover toe is a condition in which the second toe drifts toward the big toe and eventually crosses over and lies on top of the big toe. Crossover toe is a common condition...
Diabetic Foot Problems and Treatments
Foot problems are a leading cause of hospitalization for the eight million persons in the United States who have been identified as having diabetes mellitus. Expenditures related to diabetic foot problems total hundreds of millions of dollars annually...
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Neuropathy is a general term for physical damage to or impairment of the human nervous system. It has many causes, and many symptoms...
Diagnostic Ultrasound
Podiatry Affiliates is happy to announce that we now offer Diagnostic Ultrasound in our office. This device is a new, innovative, diagnostic tool used to make a live image of the structures beneath the skin...
Digital Disorders and Treatments
Many disorders can affect the joints of the toes, causing pain and preventing the foot from functioning as it should. People of all ages can have toe problems, from infants born with deformities, to older adults with acquired deformities.
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Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy for Heel Pain
Heel pain caused by inflammation of the ligament at the bottom of the foot (plantar fascitis) is often described as a "stone bruise" by the patient...
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Fungus Nails - Onychomycosis
Fungus Nails is an unsightly infection of the nails, causing thickened, brittle, yellow, discolored and sometimes painful nails. It is very difficult to cure and is caused by one of several microscopic organisms...
Hallux Rigidus - Arthritis of the Big Toe Joint
The most common form of arthritis in the foot is located in the area behind the great toe. During normal gait, 90% of your body weight pushes off the big toe joint during the time the foot pushes off for the next step...
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Laser Surgery: A New Approach to Improving Foot Care
Laser surgery takes advantage of the properties of lasers to remove tissue without many of the undesirable side effects that sometimes result from using a scalpel...
Morton's Neuroma-Intermetatarsal Neuroma
A neuroma is a swelling or scarring of a small nerve that connects to two of your toes and provides sensation to these toes. The symptoms can come and go depending on activity...
Nail Disorders & Treatments
In their protective role, nails bear the brunt of daily activities. Walking, running, wearing shoes or participating in sports are just a few of the stresses and strains the feet must endure. All or a portion of the nail plate can be damaged when the feet are injured or abused...
New Surgical Technique For Neuroma Surgery
Morton's Neuroma is a condition first described by Dr. Thomas Morton, a Viennese physician, in 1876. The condition is quite common. It seems to occur more frequently in women than men and is usually a result of a nerve that is irritated or pinched between the bones in the ball of the foot...
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Pediatric Flatfoot
A flatfoot deformity is where the arch on the inside border of the foot is flatter than normal (the ankle rolls inward). Flatfoot deformities may occur in all age groups, but appear most commonly in children...
Plantar Fascitis
Plantar Fasciitis This common condition is also known as HEEL SPUR SYNDROME, however this is not really correct...
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Plantar Warts
Warts are harmless skin growths caused by a virus. They have a rough surface on which tiny, dark specks may be seen. If the wart is on a weight-bearing surface, it may be painful...
Stress Fractures
Each day, the body produces new bone to replace the bone that is broken down by the stress of everyday living. Usually, this process is balanced, with the body replacing the amount of bone lost...
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Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Tarsal tunnel syndrome is an entrapment neuropathy (pressure on the nerve) of the tibial nerve as it courses along the inside aspect of the ankle...
Tendonitis
Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon (the cord-like structure that connects muscle to bone). Tendonitis (also spelled tendinitis) can occur in the foot and ankle...
What Are Orthotics?
An orthotic device changes the way your foot works. Your podiatrist will determine why your foot function is causing your particular symptoms. Using an orthotic may relieve the symptoms that are bothering you...
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