Our office works very closely with physical therapy groups in the Seattle area to provide necessary exercises for patients to need specialized exercises for weakened muscles due to immobilization for injuries, neurological conditions, or after surgeries.  We also teach foot exercises for various conditions or general health in the office that are simple and can … Read more

Shockwave Therapy from Chicago Health SMB Brands on Vimeo. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy is one of the mainstays of treatment here at our office in Seattle, Washington.  It is used for chronic tendon or ligament injuries to break up scar tissue and allow the body to repair damaged tissues.  It involves several weekly treatments and then … Read more

The function of the Achilles tendon needs to be assessed for acute injuries.  Surgery may be needed for ruptures.  Immobilization may need to be performed.  Rehabilitation is often needed to make sure there is enough motion in the ankle joint.  Oftentimes there is scar tissue that forms on the tendon itself or where it attaches … Read more

Actinic keratoses (AKs) are pre-cancerous lesions that most often occur on the face, scalp, hands and arms.  These lesions, which can progress to invasive squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), can also occur in the feet.  The estimated percentage of actinic keratosis lesions that progress to squamous cell carcinoma is 0.1 percent per lesion per year. Actinic … Read more

Athlete’s Foot from Chicago Health SMB Brands on Vimeo. There are many types of athlete’s foot presentation, such as in between the toes where it is wet and white; redness, dry skin or blistering on the bottoms of the feet.  There may also be nails that are infected that cause a recurrent athlete’s foot infection … Read more

Over 100 different procedures have been described in the scientific literature for correcting bunions. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has become a flourishing topic of interest in foot and ankle surgery recently.  Currently, the most common procedures involve correction via a distal metatarsal osteotomy, a cut at the end of the bone just behind the big … Read more

People often associate pain in the heel with heel spurs.  The condition that is usually the culprit is plantar fasciitis, which is a ligament that attaches to the heel bone that pulls on the heel bone and causes pain.  If the pulling persists, the heel forms calcification and a spur can be seen on x-ray.  … Read more

Foot stretches are very important for patients who do not have enough motion in the ankle joint to lift their foot up.  This may cause conditions such as plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinitis.  We will demonstrate the appropriate stretches to do for these conditions and other conditions as part of a treatment plan. Implementing foot … Read more

Having proper shoes is key to preventing and treating foot pain.  We will discuss the type of shoes that you will need to treat the condition, and prevent the condition from recurring.  Sometimes that may involve getting out of shoes and wear a special post-op shoe or walking cast for awhile.  Dr. Hoy will discuss … Read more

Corns are small calluses that occur over joints or other pointy bony prominences, and may be deep and very painful.  It is the skin’s protective mechanism to form this extra skin.  But, the formation of extra skin can only trigger more skin production and begin a cycle.  This cycle has to be interrupted by taking … Read more