Podiatry

Podiatric Medicine Orthotics Gait Scan

A is the foremost authority and medical specialist of one of the most intricate and complex anatomical structures ever designed, the human foot and ankle.

The human foot is a complex marvel of 26 bones, 33 joints and 107 ligaments, all linked by a network of muscles, nerves, blood vessels and skin. Feet take a daily pounding of eight to 10,000 steps and 115,000 miles in a lifetime. They can be struck by more than 300 ailments some that are life threatening.

Foot care covers far more that the aggravation of a corn, a callous or a sore toe. Proper foot care can mean life or death to someone with diabetes or heart disease. To an older person, foot care can be the difference between enjoying life or – foot problems lead to immobility – no life.

Doctors of podiatric medicine keep walkers walking, runners running, dancers, dancing. The foot and ankle surgeon treats, by conservative and/or surgical means, a wide variety of common foot & ankle maladies.

Besides treating these conditions, podiatric surgeons are uniquely qualified to detect the early stages of diseases that exhibit warning signs in the lower extremities, as well as manage those foot conditions that can pose an ongoing threat to a patient’s overall health. Such illnesses include diabetes, arthritis, and cardiovascular disease.

Innovative Treatments For:

Orthotics: Orthotics are custom engineered corrective “inserts” that fit into shoes and work similarly to the way that glasses correct your eyesight.

TOG Gait ScanTM TOG GaitScanTM is a revolutionary diagnostic tool used to assess a patient’s biomechanics.

Dr. Dufault, DPM