Let's start at the beginining and answer the question, "What is a Podiatrist?"
A podiatrist is a specialist who focuses on your feet and ankles. They are quite simply the experts on feet, heels, and ankles and should be the very first doctor you call when you experience pain or other problems with them.
DPM stands for Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. Most people know that podiatrists deal with foot, heel, and ankle problems and work with seniors, or diabetics, or people with poor circulation; what most people don't know is that podiatrists treat patients of all ages. A podiatrist is also well-qualified to help children and young adults with the problems that they can experience with their feet, heels, and ankles.
Podiatrists are required to be licensed by the state in which they practice. When medically necessary podiatrists can perform surgery to correct of remedy problems. Before we recommend surgery, we will explore the many conservative therapies and remedies that are available for our patients and then recommend the very best course of treatment. As medical science advances and new therapies become available to the public, podiatrists are increasingly able to offer their patients some of the most state-of-the-art care available. New conservative heel pain therapies offered to patients include....
- Orthotics
- ESWT
- Autologous Platelet Concentrate
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