From the first visit to the operating room
Foot & ankle surgery and podiatry services
Most foot and ankle problems are treated in the office, and many never need more. When they do, the same physician carries your care through to surgery, specialist nerve care or limb salvage at our three specialty practices. Not sure what’s causing your pain? Start with the causes of foot pain.
Foot & ankle pain
Start with where it hurts: heel, arch, ball of the foot, toes, the top or side of the foot, or the ankle.
- Foot painWhere it hurts, when it hurts and what it usually means: a map of foot pain, the warning signs, and how we treat it.
- Arch painPlantar fasciitis, a strained posterior tibial tendon, high arches, a fibroma or a nerve: what pain in the arch can mean and what helps.
- Ball of foot painPain under the front of the foot: where it hurts, what it can mean, and the shoes, pads and orthotics that take the pressure off.
- Big toe painPain in or under the big toe joint: how to tell gout, a bunion, arthritis, turf toe and sesamoid problems apart, and what helps.
- Top of foot painExtensor tendonitis, stress fractures, midfoot arthritis, gout and pinched nerves: what pain on top of the foot can mean and what helps.
- Outside of foot painPeroneal tendons, fifth metatarsal fractures, cuboid pain and tailor’s bunions: what pain on the outer edge of the foot can mean.
- Ankle painInside, outside, front or back: what ankle pain and swelling can mean, when you need an X-ray, and how it is treated.
Sports medicine & injuries
Sprains, fractures, tendon injuries and getting back to your sport.
- Ankle sprainsFrom a first sprain to an ankle that keeps giving way: diagnosis, rehabilitation and return to sport.Also: Ankle sprain
- Fractures & traumaBroken ankles and feet, stress fractures and other injuries, from a walking boot to surgery when it’s needed.Also: Fracture treatment · Trauma treatment
- Achilles tendonAchilles tendinitis, partial tears and ruptures: loading exercise first, and repair when the tendon needs it.Also: Achilles tendon repair
Heel & arch pain
Plantar fasciitis, flat feet, and orthotics built from a scan of your foot.
- Heel pain & plantar fasciitisThe most common cause of pain under the heel, and the stepped treatment that helps most people without surgery.Also: Heel pain / plantar fasciitis
- Flat feetMost flat feet cause no trouble. We treat the ones that hurt, tire easily or are changing shape.Also: Flat foot
- High-arched feetHigh arches that hurt, cause calluses or let the ankle roll, and the orthotics and care that help.
- Custom orthoticsInserts made for your feet from a 3D scan, prescribed after we watch how you stand, walk and run.Also: Custom orthotics
Toes & forefoot
Bunions and hammertoes.
Skin & nails
Warts, athlete’s foot and fungal toenails.
- Plantar wartsWarts on the sole of the foot, how to tell them from calluses, and the treatments that work.
- Corns & callusesHard, painful skin on the toes and soles: quick relief, and lasting pressure relief so it doesn’t build back.
- Toenail fungusThick, discolored toenails: confirming it’s fungus, the treatments that work, and keeping it from coming back.
- Athlete’s footItchy, peeling skin between the toes: what clears it, what else it could be, and when it needs prescription treatment.
Arthritis, cartilage & bone
Worn joints, cartilage injuries and bone that has lost its blood supply.
- ArthritisWorn, stiff, painful joints: shoes, bracing and injections first, and fusion or replacement when needed.Also: Arthritis
- GoutA sudden red, hot, swollen big toe: how gout is confirmed, how a flare is calmed, and how to keep it from coming back.
- Cartilage repairInjuries to the cartilage of the ankle, often after a sprain, and the options from rest to arthroscopic repair.Also: Cartilage repair
- Avascular necrosis (AVN)Bone that has lost its blood supply, most often in the talus: protecting it early, and surgery when it’s needed.Also: Avascular necrosis
Diabetes & wound care
Protective foot care, wounds that won’t heal, and Charcot foot, with in-depth limb salvage care at our Limb Salvage Institute.
- Diabetic foot careRegular checks, footwear and early treatment that keep feet with diabetes healthy and prevent ulcers.Also: Diabetic foot care
- Wound careDiabetic ulcers and slow-healing wounds: offloading, debridement, infection control and restoring circulation.Also: Wound care
- Charcot footWeakening of the bones and joints in a numb foot: early immobilization prevents collapse.Also: Charcot arthropathy
Advanced & regenerative therapies
Shockwave, laser and PRP and other regenerative treatments.
- Shockwave therapy (ESWT)Acoustic pulses that help stubborn heel and tendon pain heal, in the office, with no needles or downtime.
- Class IV laser therapyHigh-intensity laser light for heel and tendon pain: needle-free, in the office, as part of a plan.
- Regenerative medicine (PRP)PRP injections in the office and biologics in surgery, with an honest look at the evidence.Also: Regenerative medicine
Children’s foot care
Growing feet, heel pain in active kids, and in-toeing.
Sports medicine
Trained alongside surgeons who care for professional and college athletes
Sprains, fractures, tendon injuries and turf toe, with a plan built around getting you back to your sport safely.
Surgery, nerve care & limb salvage
When you need more: our three specialty practices
Same physician, same offices, same phone number. Each specialty practice has its own website with in-depth guides.
Center for Lower Extremity Surgery
Surgical care of the foot, ankle and lower leg: bunions, hammertoes, flatfoot, ankle instability, Achilles tendon injuries, arthritis and fractures, with non-surgical care first when it fits.
Lower Extremity Nerve Institute
Evaluation and treatment of nerve problems of the foot, ankle and leg: Morton’s neuroma, tarsal tunnel syndrome, nerve entrapment, and nerve pain after surgery or injury.
Limb Salvage Institute
For wounds that won’t heal, diabetic foot ulcers and infections, Charcot foot, and surgery that saves the foot.
- Foot & ankle surgeryReconstructive, minimally invasive and arthroscopic surgery, fracture care and limb preservation.
- Nerve surgeryNerve decompression, neuroma surgery, nerve repair, TMR and RPNI through our Lower Extremity Nerve Institute.
- Nerve pain & neuromasBurning, tingling and numbness: Morton’s neuroma, tarsal tunnel syndrome and neuropathy.
- Limb salvage surgeryOperations that save the foot, through our Limb Salvage Institute.