Podiatry
When your feet hurt, everything hurts. With 26 bones, 19 muscles, 33 joints and more than 100 ligaments, your foot is a complex instrument. It’s no wonder that so many people encounter foot issues. The most common ailments treated by foot and ankle specialists called podiatrists include:
- Ankle pain
- Bunions
- Corns
- Diabetic complications
- Fasciitis (swelling or tenderness of the soles of the foot)
- Failed past surgeries
- Hammertoes
- Heel pain/spurs
- Ingrown and fungal toenails
- Neuropathy or tingling in the foot (procedure to restore nerves damaged by neuropathy)
- Pain from past trauma
- Plantar warts
- Sports injuries
- Wounds or infections