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How to Get Back on Your Feet After Foot Surgery

Having foot surgery is ironically debilitating for a short while, because it causes you to lose all or almost all use of your foot briefly while it heals after the operation. If your other foot is healthy, you will be able to continue getting around with the help of crutches or a cane, but you may need to use a wheelchair while you recuperate.… Read More

Foot and Ankle Surgery: Post-Surgery Care Tips

Regardless of why you’re having a foot or ankle surgery, you’ll want to know how to take good care of the area in order to achieve your desired treatment outcome. It’s quite easy to strictly follow your foot surgeon’s instructions during the first few days after your procedure. However, it can eventually get difficult to stay motivated to keep following everything to the letter a few weeks into your recovery—after all, you’re already starting to feel better.… Read More

Top Tips for Cold Weather Foot Care

With fall upon us and winter close behind, gone are the days of bare feet and flip flops. With the onset of cooler weather, it’s important to keep your feet safe from the elements – rain, snow, ice, and freezing temperatures. According to Marc Lipton, DPM, a podiatrist with Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland (OACM), the cooler weather doesn’t have to put a damper on your outdoor activities.… Read More

Understand the Process of Foot Surgery

It is estimated that as many as 75% of Americans will experience foot health problems of varying degrees of severity at some point in their lives. Some cases will be minor, requiring simple self-care steps to eliminate pain or a superficial infection, while others will warrant foot surgery to correct serious orthopedic issues or deformities which have developed.… Read More

Why are Foot and Ankle Surgeries Performed?

For the vast majority of foot and ankle conditions and injuries, nonsurgical management is almost always considered as the first-line treatment. However, for those that are inherently complex or have gradually worsened beyond conservative interventions, surgery may be the only recourse. Foot and ankle surgeries are essentially geared toward not only mitigating the debilitating symptoms but also restoring normal foot and ankle function and improving a person’s overall quality of life.… Read More

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Orthopaedic Associates of Central Maryland in Baltimore, Catonsville, Columbia and Eldersburg serves the nearby communities of Annapolis, Washington DC and Montgomery County. Our orthopedic surgeons, podiatrist, physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor, and physical therapists specialize in arthroscopic surgery, minimally invasive procedures, joint replacement, sports medicine, and onsite diagnostic imagery, outpatient surgery, and physical therapy rehabilitation providing pain relief from sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, foot pain, knee pain, hip replacement, shoulder impingement, cubital tunnel syndrome and more.