Posts Tagged ‘best podiatrist nyc’
Revolutionizing Plantar Fasciitis treatment: The Tenex Advantage
Tenex Procedure for Plantar Fasciitis Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain, affecting millions of people each year. This condition occurs when the thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of the foot, known as the plantar fascia, becomes inflamed. The result is often sharp, stabbing pain in…
Read MoreSay Goodbye to Painful Corns: The Art of Cosmetic Corn Removal
Mastering the Art of Cosmetic Corn Removal Corns are a common foot ailment that can cause significant discomfort and affect the appearance of the feet. These hardened areas of skin typically develop due to repeated friction and pressure, often from ill-fitting shoes or abnormal foot structure. While corns can be unsightly and painful, many individuals…
Read MoreThe Best Hammertoe Surgeon and Why
In my residency training I was very lucky to have a good friend who was a plastic surgery fellow. (Fellowship comes after residency in a doctor’s training, and is very specialized.) My friend taught me various plastic surgery procedures and tricks that I have applied to my foot surgery. Hammertoe Surgeon For example: When surgeons…
Read MoreBunion Surgery NYC – Video that explains bunion surgery in layman’s terms.
Hi again, I’ve been busy working on two blog posts. One is now done and one is almost done. Today I will post one of them: I’m proud of this project. Below is a link (click on the picture) to a video I made that cleverly explains bunion surgery in layman’s terms. I took part…
Read MoreCongenital duplication of digit, webbed toes, Six toes or four toes, you decide
I had a very nice young lady come in with a complaint of bunion pain. Webbed Toes The interesting part of this case though, is not the bunion but a congenital abnormality she had. She had webbing of her second and third toe with duplication of parts of the second toe. What does this mean? …
Read MoreFoot Trauma, fracture of the interphalangeal joint of the great toe:
Today I’d like to tell you about a foot trauma case. A young lady presented to my office with a chief complaint of pain in her right great toe. She stated that two days prior she fell off her bicycle. She said the pain was not terrible however when she looked at her foot her…
Read MorePainful Tailor’s bunion, surgical correction of Tailor’s bunion.
Tailor’s Bunion Surgery Today a young lady came in with a complaint of a large bump behind her fifth toe and added that her fifth toe is turning under her fourth. She has pain when she runs and works out. This has been getting progressively worse over the past six months. I diagnosed her with…
Read MoreAnother soft tissue mass to remove this week. – podiatrist NYC
In May I removed a soft tissue mass from this patients left big toe. The pathology report came back as “epidermal inclusion cyst”. In layman’s terms this occurs when the outside dead layer of skin, the epidermis is inverted into the live dermal layer deeper where it does not belong. Well, after removing the lesion…
Read MoreRecurrent Ganglion of tendon sheath – Podiatrist NYC
I just saw a patient with a recurrent ganglion of tendon sheath. She had presented to my office with a large fluid filled mass on top of her right great toe that had been present for three months and was getting larger. She reported that it rubbed on her shoes and caused pain. Twice previously…
Read MoreSevere ingrown toe nail “paranychia” – Podiatrist NYC
It’s only 8:30 AM and this morning I have already performed a small nail surgery. The young man in the photo below had an ingrown nail for 3 weeks but could not make it in to see me because of his work schedule. He finally called in sick and came in with an extreme pain…
Read More