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Tel: 239-430-3668Saving Limbs and Lives with Amniotic Stem Cells
Family Foot and Leg Center, P.A. Named a National Center of Excellence for Advanced Wound Care Technologies Drs. Kevin Lam, Ramy Fahim and W. Drew Chapman of Family Foot and Leg Center Naples, FL 239 430 3668 The Use of Amniotic Stem Cells in Wound Healing Stem cells are a class of undifferentiated or […]
Pain in the Ankle / Subtalar Joint On Uneven Surfaces
When patients presents with this complaint a full radiograph of the ankle / foot is required to help. Surprisingly the pain is usually not in the ankle joint, but rather a very little talked about joint called the subtalar joint. This joint is below the ankle joint in the foot. Testing for this […]
Kobe Bryant Foot Injury
Kobe Bryant sat out the Lakers’ practice on Monday with a strained and bruised right foot. He’s officially listed as day-to-day. He may miss Wendnesday night game at the Staple Center against the Clipppers.
Pierre Garcon’s Toe Joint Injury.
When NFL wide receiver Pierre Garcon injured his foot on an 88-yard touchdown and then struggled for weeks afterward — X-rays showing no break, yet the foot “less than 100 percent” — it was a textbook example of a frustrating and often misunderstood injury: turf toe. His case is a useful way to explain a […]
Yankee’s Derek Jeter with bone bruise of the left foot
MLB injury list has Derek Jeter on there with a left foot bone bruise. Bone bruises happens when there is a trauma to the bone, think of it as a punch delivered to the bone causing bone swelling. The bone as an outer covering called the periosteum that carries blood to the bone and […]
Posterior Tibial Tendon / Flatten Arches / Adult Acquired Flat Foot
If you have painful flat feet, you are not alone famous celebrities like: Kelly Osbourne, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Kim K. and many famous NFL, NBA athletes have flat feet. In the age of minimalist shoes and shoe makers such as vibrim, et al now concentrating on looks vs function, we are seeing a good amount of posterior tibial […]
Joint Pain / Arthritis in the Big Toe
Often I would hear at the Family Foot and Leg Center here in Naples, FL, “Doc I have a bunion, or pain on the top of my foot around the big toe.” Technically the arthritis in the big toe can be called a dorsal (top) bunion. As you can see from the xray […]
Panther’s C Ryan Kalil / Santonio Holmes / Benson with Lis Franc’s Injury
Cedric Benson now with Lis Franc’s injury and out for 8 wks. Last time we saw this injury was with Santonio Holme’s injury. Another person to add to the Lis Franc’s injury list: C Kalil of the panthers has a left foot lis franc’s ligament injury. THis must be a French Conspiracy […]
Colts Vontae Davis ankle or foot sprain
Initial reports is that Colt’s Vontae Davis suffered and ankle sprain. How could this be confused with what his is confirmed with having now a foot sprain? Very easily upon a cursory review. Let’s review the anatomy of the area. There is a joint below the ankle joint that is intimately connected with […]
Heel Pain or Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Your feet is burning, aching and painful with every step. Most common and often first diagnosis that comes to mind for physicians is Plantar Fascitis or Heel Pain Syndrome. Let’s step back a little bit and go up a little higher. Those symptoms can also mean many other things, but one should look at the diagnosis of tarsal tunnel […]
