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Foot and Ankle Surgery

What To Do After Foot And Ankle Surgery

Foot and ankle surgeries typically have long recovery times — from six months to a year. It’s a process that you should go about carefully, as taking shortcuts may lengthen your recovery time or even necessitate a repeat surgery. So, what are the concrete steps you should be taking while recovering?… Read More

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

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

How might foot and ankle surgery affect my everyday life?

Foot and ankle surgery is most likely necessary if recommended by a doctor. Common foot and ankle surgeries include Achilles tendon repair, fusion surgery, foot fracture surgery, metatarsal surgery, toe deformity correction surgery, and Morton’s neuroma surgery. All these procedures require some downtime as your body recovers from surgery. Here’s how foot and ankle surgery may affect your everyday life.… Read More

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