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Excellent speakers and teachers today, including the team surgeon for the Green Bay Packers, distinguished faculty from Italy, United Kingdom and Germany, and Olympic Swimmer Gary Hall, Jr.. Dr. Hoy learned about the following topics: Plantar Fascia Rupture Jone’s Fracture Lisfranc’s Joint Injury Achilles Tendon Rupture Navicular Stress Fracture Ankle Equinus Bunion Surgery in the … Read more
Dr. Hoy is attending the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM) continuing education conference in San Francisco, California. Topics covered in today’s lectures and workshops include: Proper Running Form Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Training Course Platelet Rich Plasma Stem Cell Cartilage Regeneration Case Studies by AAPSM Past Presidents
A podiatrist is a kind of medical professional who specializes in working with the foot, ankle, and other parts of the leg. This area of the body is the lower extremity. A doctor of podiatric medicine or DPM is trained to diagnose, prevent, and treat disorders, diseases, and injuries to the lower extremity. Consequently, a … Read more
Evaluate the patient’s foot pain. Is there any: History of trauma? Chronic or acute pain? Obvious swelling or deformity? Appropriate range of motion? Point tenderness? Neuropathy or peripheral vascular disease? Urgent Referrals–refer to our office: Displaced or rotated foot fractures Lacerations with tendon, nerve or bony injury Diabetic wounds Sub-acute infections such as paronychia, ulcerations … Read more
South Carolina. On May 17, 2018, South Carolina signed into law H 3622, an updated podiatry scope-of-practice act to allow doctors of podiatric medicine to medically and surgically treat the ankle, and gain greater amputation privileges as well. The podiatry scope-of-practice statute was last updated in 1976. This scope of practice victory was achieved through extensive grass … Read more
We celebrated Ava‘s birthday with lunch at Tribeca Restaurant near the office, and took part in the Greater Seattle Business Association’s annual Seattle harbor cruise. It was a great celebration and we had lots of fun. Ava made connections with many professionals from around the area and won a prize.
Recently a patient expressed to me that he would rather perform exercises instead of custom orthotic therapy to help his pronation. He felt that orthotics would be a crutch. In our office we use custom functional orthotics a lot in treatment of various foot conditions. Orthotics can be compared to eyeglasses. Eyeglasses change the orientation … Read more
Osteoarthritis is a wear and tear arthritis that causes cartilage erosion and pain with activity or cold. Treatment involves stabilization of joints such as through rigid soled shoes, orthotics. Surgeries to resect spurs and clean up joints, create new cartilage, or eliminate movement of joints may be needed. What Is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is a condition … Read more
The treatment of the diabetic foot is a specialty of our office. Dr. Hoy has had much experience in working with the diabetic foot. Podiatrists work to prevent foot problems and to save life and limb when it becomes infected. Diabetes Complications and Amputation Prevention People living with diabetes are prone to having foot problems, … Read more
One of the most common areas of foot pain is in the ball of the foot. This is an area that bears the weight of the body when you walk. There can be many causes of pain here. These are just a couple: Fracture. Many people have active lifestyles. It is easy to break one … Read more