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…
Ollier Disease
Ollier disease, or enchondromatosis, is a rare congenital disease of abnormal bone development due to cartilage overgrowth in the form of enchondromas, or benign, non-cancerous tumors. The limbs’ long bones and joint cartilage are affected by the disease, and the small bones…
Neuroma Surgery
A neuroma is an abnormality of a nerve that has been damaged either by trauma or because of an abnormality of foot function. The most common location of neuromas is in the ball of the foot. In this area, the nerve can…
Metatarsal surgery
There are five metatarsal bones in each foot. These bones are the long bones behind each toe. The metatarsal bone behind the big toe is called the first metatarsal. The metatarsal bone behind the little toe is called the fifth metatarsal. The most common metatarsal surgery is performed on the first metatarsal for the correction of the bunion deformity…
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…
Ingrown Toenail Surgery
Ingrowing toenails are a common problem and occur when the edge of the nail grows into flesh at the side of the nail, causing a painful injury. The punctured skin can become inflamed and infected. Ingrown toenails can…
All About Heel Spurs From a Georgia Podiatrist Marietta Georgia
Nowadays, most Georgia foot and ankle doctors would agree that heel pain is a very common malady. However, there are many causes of this pain. One of the most prevalent is the heel spur. A heel spur results from an anatomical change of the heel bone…
Heel Spur Surgery
Heel spur surgery maybe the last resort for many heel spurs suffers. Heel spur surgery is usually only considered after conservative treatment options have been used without success. Severe pain from a heel spur can be very difficult to tolerate, and every movement can be almost unbearable…
Hammer Toe Surgery
A hammertoe, or claw toe, describes a condition where the toe(s) become buckled, contracted, or crooked. The toe could even cross over an adjacent toe, which is called a cross over toe. Any of the toes may be affected, but the second and Fifth toe are most commonly involved…
Hammer Toe Correction via Arthroplasty
Surgeons often use phalangeal head resection to correct hammer, claw, and mallet toes. In this procedure, the surgeon removes part of one of the toe bones, the phalangeal head, so that the toe can lie flat. The affected tendons are cut and then reattached to conform to the new…