Patient Services

Foot and Ankle Center deals with various sports related injuries and conditions. We treat many athletes from local colleges and universities, as well as pediatric sports injuries. These conditions range from overuse injuries such as shin splints, stress fractures, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, and other various inflammatory conditions.

Foot and Ankle Center deals with a high volume of traumatic fractures and other various traumas to the foot and ankle. These include open and closed fractures, crush injuries, dislocations, tendon ruptures, traumatic wounds, compartment syndrome, and soft tissue injuries.

Foot and Ankle Center now offers Physical Therapy! Click below to learn more.

A bunion is a mal-alignment of the great toe joint. To the eye, it appears as a bulging, bony bump on the joint at the base of your big toe. Bunions form when your big toe pushes up against your other toes, forcing your big toe joint away from the normal shape of your foot, enlarging the joint and crowding your other toes, sometimes causing pain.

Plantar fasciitis is a very common inflammatory condition that involves the plantar fascia of the foot. The plantar fascia is a support structure for the arch of the foot, and an extension of the Achilles tendon. This inflammation can occur from trauma, biomechanical issues, poor shoe gear, but most commonly occurs without a specific injury. Plantar fasciitis is rarely accompanied by swelling.

All of the doctors in the Foot and Ankle Center work at the Wound Healing Centers located at Bryn Mawr, Paoli, and Lankenau Hospitals. Refer to the Locations page for further address information. We are experts in dealing with diabetic, venous, traumatic, lymphedema, pressure, and infected wounds.

Arthritis is a group of inflammatory conditions involving damage to the joints of the body.

There are many different forms of arthritis. The most common form, osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) is commonly a result from trauma to the joint, infection, poor bio-mechanics, age, hereditary and many other causes. Other forms of arthritis include rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and related autoimmune diseases.

A hammertoe is a deformity of the joint of the second, third, fourth or fifth toe, causing it to be functionally or permanently bent, resembling a hammer.

An ingrown nail (Onychocryptosis) is a very common condition that is caused when the offending nail is growing or being pushed into the nail fold or skin. This will lead to significant pain and sometimes develops mild to severe infections.

An orthotic is an insert, either soft or firm, which replaces the insole of your sneaker. Orthotics can be expensive; therefore, we recommend not spending much more than $60 on an over-the-counter orthotic. We carry affordable over-the-counter inserts that are $40 or less.

Gout is a medical condition usually characterized by an acute red, severely tender, hot, swollen joint. The metatarsal-phalangeal joint at the base of the big toe is the most commonly affected. It is sometimes caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood which crystallize and are deposited in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues.

Plantar warts and other types of warts (verruca) are very common to the feet. A plantar wart is a wart on the bottom of the foot. Plantar warts are generally described as a small, medium or large, elevated callused tissue that has small black specks in the center.

• ULTRASOUND FOR DIAGNOSTICS & GUIDED INJECTIONS
• IN-OFFICE SURGERY WITH LOCAL ANESTHETIC
• ON-SITE X-RAY
• EMERGENCY CARE ON-SITE
• VASCULAR STUDIES
• EXTRA CORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY
• PRP INJECTIONS