Footnotes / Blog

In previous post’s we talked about what a bunion is and how mild and moderate bunions are treated, most notably the Silver, McBride and Austin Bunionectomies were discussed. Today i will discuss the common procedure for more severe bunion deformities. Treatment for severe bunion deformities becomes more complicated, requiring a period on non-weightbearing on the […]

also known as “DVT” or “Blood clots” is a serious disorder that can happen to just about anybody. As the name goes, this disorder is caused by a blood clot in the deep veins of the lower extremities. Left untreated/undiagnosed, this serious condition can lead to a death via a pulmonary embolism. Basically what happens, […]

Lets first get some terms out of the way before we discussed effective treatment options. Tendons are chord like structures that connect muscle to bones. They always cross at least 1 joint in the body and allow us to move our body parts. The most easily recognizable tendon is probably the Achilles tendon located in […]

“when i doubt..it’s gout” is my motto Gout can be one of the most easily missed diagnosis’s. As you may or may not know, gout is a painful inflammatory joint condition. While its most commonly found in the big toe joint followed, it can occur anywhere. When patients ask me what gout is I usually […]

…by far my favorite thing to treat in the office, as patients get immediate relief from treatment w/in 48hours. Ingrown toenails come in 2 different flavors; infected and non-infected, with varying degrees of pain. All ingrown toenails are caused by the nail plate digging into the skin on the side of the nail. Some people […]

Last time we talked about what a bunion is and how mild bunions are treated, most notably the Silver Bunionectomy or McBride Bunionectomy were discussed. Today i will discuss the most common procedure for mild-moderate bunion deformities the Austin Bunionectomy. The Austin Bunionectomy was first described in 1962 by (you guessed it) Dr. Austin. Unlike […]

There is a whole host of treatment modalities out there for Toenail Fungus. Unfortunately, none has a success rate approaching even 90%. Which makes this one of the more difficult podiatric problems to treat. Toenail fungus is usually caused by the organism Trichophyton rubrum. The fungus is everywhere in the environment, although most cases in […]

“it feel’s like i have a burning rock in my shoe” I hear that from a patient i think instant neuroma. A neuroma is a inflamed, irritated nerve that causes pain in the ball of the foot. Hearing the suffix “oma” usually freaks people out, but in this case its a 100% benign condition and […]

Not talking about the New York Jets football team here, but instead the more serious complication of diabetes and/or smoking. Gangrene is defined as the necrosis or dying of soft tissue secondary to hypoxia (lack of oxygen). All cells and tissue in the human body require oxygen to survive. Oxygen is primarily delivered via small […]

“I think it may be a wart, Doc”…is what I hear a lot from patients these days. 99% of the time they are right, making it one of the more easily recognizable Podiatric conditions that we treat. A wart is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). There are over 120 different HPV types, and […]