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Giants player, Daniel Fells infected with MRSA stemming from a a foot & ankle injury

Giants player, Daniel Fells infected with MRSA stemming from a a foot & ankle injury. What is MRSA?  MRSA stands for Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus, this is a form of staph aureus that is resistant to most common antibiotics such as penicillins, etc.   In general, bacterias become resistant from exposure to antibiotics in the […]

Foot and ankle #fractures hard to find at times after accident

#Injuries such as #slipandfalls #motorvehicle #mva  may not result in the typical mechanism of injury that we study in school in trauma classes.  The pattern of injury can be just plain crushed or twisted or retwisted (if there is such a term) in various ways vs a typical mechanism or trajectory.    The foot contains […]

Foot & Ankle Fellowship Program #SWFL first

Family Foot and Leg Center has been approached many times about doing a training program, namely a residency program for podiatric surgeons.  Due to the lack of time to train fresh graduates from podiatry school, we have agreed to start a post graduate fellowship instead in reconstructive rearfoot / ankle surgery.  Due to the vast […]

Kelly Ripa and Husband with foot injuries

Celebrity Foot Focus Talk show host Kelly Ripa and husband actor Mark Consuelos each injured their left foot within a few days of each other. Although she broke her foot in a dance class by landing on a hand weight, and he during a workout   Celebrity Foot Focus   Talk show host Kelly Ripa […]

Talus fracture : Personal Injuries #PI common in motor vehicle accidents #MVA

Injuries to the foot and ankle sustained during a motor vehicle event of car vs car or car vs human is very common.  Common one to be explored here today is the talus. Talus aka Astralgus aka Aviator’s injury / fractures were first explored in airplane injuries due to the rudder controls on the plane. […]

#Oprah still has #Bunions

Oprah Still Has Bunions!!! We all know that America’s favorite queen of talk has the infamous bunions on her feet. Back then, Oprah talked about bunions with her in-house medical expert Dr. Mehmet Oz during her show. Dr. Oz advised that initially, the #bunions should be managed conservatively. Among the conventional ways to manage bunion […]

Secrets to Picking a Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Too often I hear after patient has been to an orthopedic surgeon, oh you do surgery too on the foot and ankle? The orthopedic surgeon says that He is the only surgeon in town that does foot and ankle surgery. Not only is this false but statistically incorrect. Podiatrists do the most foot and ankle […]

Quick Guide to Bunion Surgery- Don’t get bunion surgery without reading this

Thinking about bunion surgery? Before you schedule anything, here is a quick guide to what really matters — the facts that help you choose the right procedure and the right surgeon. What You Should Know About Bunions and Bunion Surgery Bunions are progressive — left alone they get bigger, and a severe bunion joint can […]

A complete guide to neuromas: what your doctor may not know: must see video

#Neuromas are inflammation of the nerve in between the metatarsals. Symptoms: Burning at the bottom of the foot near the toes Feeling of a rolled up sock in the toe space Numbness between the 2nd and 3rd,  or 3rd and 4th   or 2nd to the 4th Treatments Steroid injection 4% alcohol and / or […]

What you want to know about : Stem Cell the ultimate transformer cell

When we are conceived and developing we start with one common cell that then divides and so forth. How did we get all our various structures that makes up the human body from that one cell?   Stem cells is one short answer.  The stem cell is a pluripotent or capable to be made into […]