People call a Foot Specialist / Chiropodist for help in assessing and treating a wide array of foot and ankle problems. Please contact our office if you experience one of the following:
- Persistent pain in your feet or ankles.
- Heel pain
- Changes in the nails or skin on your foot.
- Sprains, pain in the ball of the foot, pain in the back of the heel
- Knee, low back and hip pain
- Ingrown nails
- Warts, corns, callouses
- Shin splints
- Pain in the 3rd and 4th toes (if you go from the big toe called the 1st toe)
- Hammertoes and bunions
- If you like to exercise and run and lower limb pain or foot pain is limiting your activity
For Immediate medical help, especially if you are a diabetic, you need to see your Physician or nearest Emergency for such things as signs of bacterial infection or sudden decrease in circulation in a part of the foot, including:
- Increased pain, swelling, redness, tenderness, or heat.
- Red streaks extending from the affected area.
- Discharge or pus from an area on the foot.
- Spreading of an infection from one area of the foot to another, such as under the nail bed, skin under the nail, the nail itself, or the surrounding skin.
- Heel pain accompanied by a fever, redness (sometimes warmth), or numbness.
- Pain that is not alleviated by ice or over-the-counter painkillers (such as aspirin, ibuprofen or acetaminophen).
- Diabetics with poor circulation who develop Athlete's Foot or discoloration in a part of the foot or toe