Blog's main page This patient presented with a history of markedly painful posterior heel "bumps". She has noted them for approximately two years. The patient is now having major problems with any enclosed shoes. The area rubs become red and enlarged and can blister. She feels she has exhausted conservative care. She is young and is [...]
Blog's main page Following on from a post (Chronic Heel Pain, October 2021) I shared a few weeks ago about the minimally invasive plantar fasciotomy for chronic recalcitrant plantar fasciosis/fasciitis. A patient presented this week with a problem, involving DJD/OA of the left 2nd MTPJ. She is an existing patient, whom I carried out a plantar [...]
Blog's main page This 24-year-old male presented at my rooms with an 8-year history of bilateral "plantar fasciitis". He had been treated with various modalities and health practitioners over the years, including 4 steroid injections in each heel and was actually wearing a CAM/moon boot on his right foot. The patient presented with radiographs and ultrasounds [...]
Blog's main page Surgery is often described as an art and science. This case from last week depicts exactly how science can help surgical outcomes. This patient had chronic, marked unremitting symptoms on her firm and enlarged posterior heel. Insertional Achilles tendinosis was the diagnosis, note the enlarged degenerated tendon and the marked inflammation in the [...]
