Senior Foot Care
You may think a great deal about your overall health and how to stay
healthy, but you might forget about your feet. The truth is, if your feet
aren’t healthy, you can find yourself immobile and housebound or even worse…
Lapidus Bunionectomy
Most bunion condition resulting in boney prominence at the inside of the foot at the big toe joint. Often bunion occurs when the big toe begins to deviate toward the second toe. The biggest misconception is that bunions occur from an overgrowth of bone. While that may be true in very few people, the bunion really represents a dislocation of the big toe joint as it bulges…
Find the Right Doctor For Your Foot Surgery Podiatry Group of Georgia
When you need foot surgery, you want to find the right doctor of podiatry for the job. Take a look at the medical team at the Podiatry Group of Georgia. Led by Dr. Tammy Gephart, our clinic has to become the leading podiatry clinic in Georgia for a reason. We’ve worked hard to establish our office as a place…
Cross Over Toe Surgery
Cross over toe describes a condition where a toe(s) become buckled, contracted, or crooked then literally crossed over another toe. The second toe is, by far, the most common to cross over the toe, though any toe could be involved. The second toe will cross over the big toe…
What are Bunions and How Do They Develop?
Disorders or complications with the feet can be incredibly painful and debilitating. Unfortunately, almost ¾ of Americans will suffer from some kind of foot problem within their lifetime. Bunions can run in the family. Foot problems can vary but one common problem many people experience is the development of bunions. Feet They carry you from here to there every day…
Bunions Surgery
Don’t Live With Pain–Our Bunions Surgery in Marietta Will Give You Relief. Bunions are formed with the joint below the big toe is pushed out of place. Bunions are nine times more common in women, often because of the pointy toe common in women’s shoes. These narrow areas push the toes into unnatural positions and create problems…
If You Need Bunions Surgery in Marietta, We Can Help you
If You Need Bunions Surgery in Marietta, We Can Help You! If you have pain while walking, you could be experiencing bunions on your feet. Bunions are a deformity of the foot where the big toe, or hallux, becomes turned inwards and can cause severe pain as the tissue around the joint become swollen…
Bunion Correction via Silver Type Osteotomy
The Silver bunionectomy typically involves removal of the bony prominence, or spur, that exists along the medial or inner portion of the joint of the big toe. This spur forms as a result of chronic pressure from factors including ill-fitting shoes. Constant rubbing and pressure cause the foot to produce excess bone, called an exostosis, at the pressure site…
Bunion Correction via Closing Base Wedge Osteotomy
For patients with moderate to severe hallux valgus and a large intermetatarsal angle, proximal first metatarsal osteotomies may be indicated to achieve an appropriate amount of correction. The closing base wedge osteotomy is a reliable procedure resulting in a strong structural correction and is amenable to multiple fixation techniques…
Bunion Correction via Austin Bunionectomy
Austin Bunionectomy is a common procedure done to correct a bunion deformity. The first step of this procedure is to remove the “bump” or excessive bone from the side of the first metatarsal head. The next step is to perform a “V-shaped” cut, called an osteotomy, through the metatarsal head to reposition the bone…