Shockwave Therapy is One of the New Non-surgical Therapies for Bottom and Top of the Foot Pain - Discussed by Foot & Ankle Surgeon Dr. Tomasz Biernacki

BRIGHTON, Mich., June 7, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Most bone spurs to the top of the foot can be treated without surgery! This all has to do with biomechanics, and how a foot and ankle specialists can implement some of these changes almost immediately for pain-free walking and standing. The only downside of conservative treatment is that you will never remove the bumps completely. Imagine if ideally you could remove the bump and start walking almost immediately. With new technology this is now reality, you can remove these spurs, stiff scar tissue and arthritis and get walking in just a few hours!

Dr. Tomasz Biernacki discusses that the most common type of foot spur is a condition called hallux rigidus. This is a large spur that occurs to the top of the big toe joint and prevents upward bending of the big toe joint. New advances allow for the big toe joint to be debrided through a minimally invasive incision, and even cartilage loss and arthritis could be improved with a soft implant that can restore joint motion. This is a 1 to 2-hour procedure where you can walk almost immediately the same day. Surgery does not have to be a half year recovery period the way it used to be.

The second most common cause of bone spur is a heel spur. This is something that we focus on through an in-office procedure called shockwave therapy, through a few treatments we can break up the stiffness and the scar tissue without cutting through the skin. Shockwave therapy can address the tissue at the bottom of the foot that cause radiation into the top of the foot and the arch. In this way we can avoid surgery altogether and get rid of the pain across the top of the foot in the middle of the foot.

At the same time any top of the foot and ankle spur problems that you have, we can treat completely with endoscopic surgery. In some instances, we could debride this bone through a small incision, and we can use something called an oscillating rasp to debride these spurs. Most of these procedures would allow you to leave the hospital only a few days later with excellent relief of pain!

Come see Dr. Tom Biernacki at Advanced Foot and Ankle Specialists of Howell, Brighton and Dexter Michigan today to discuss your top of the foot and bone spur treatment options such as shockwave therapy for your plantar fascia and Achilles tendon.

SOURCE Dr. Tomasz Biernacki