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Podiatrist Recommendation: Surgery Needed
Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:58 pm
I have really flat feet that have led to severe foot pain. Surgery is likely the only corrective measure. Have any of you OT'ers ever had foot surgery and if so, do you recommend it?
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Posted on 4/2/17 at 9:59 pm to Giantkiller
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Podiatrist
NOPE!
Orthopod, bro.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:00 pm to Giantkiller
quote:at least they kept you out of the draft
I have really flat feet that have led to severe foot pain
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:01 pm to Giantkiller
No, I think my foot surgery led to my rheumatoid arthritis
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:03 pm to Giantkiller
You should stay in bed. With lots of drugs. 
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:03 pm to Giantkiller
Clif Richardson
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:24 pm to Giantkiller
Podiatrist generally do a lot more foot surgery than Orthopods, the Halls, father and son, with Baton Rouge Bone and Joint are both excellent.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:31 pm to Giantkiller
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I have really flat feet that have led to severe foot pain. Surgery is likely the only corrective measure. Have any of you OT'ers ever had foot surgery and if so, do you recommend it?
The biggest thing you need to decide is if the pain limits you in doing the things you like to do. Also, have you been to a doctor and tried conservative measures?
Most flatfoot reconstructions are pretty extensive surgeries. They will involve some combination of joint fusions, tendon repairs/transfers, and other corrective bone work.
Post operatively you are looking at not being able to bear weight on your foot for 6-8 weeks at a minimum. This will be followed by PT and a gradual return to normal function.
It is big surgery that will involve a big adjustment in your daily life for a little while.
As far as podiatrist vs ortho you can find very experienced and well qualified doctors on both sides of the isle. I can only speak for SE LA, but there are far more podiatrists who perform that type of surgery on a regular basis than foot and ankle Orthopods.
Ask around and find a doctor who does them on a regular basis. It's not like brain surgery, but there is a certain intricacy in properly repositioning each joint involved in the correction.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:39 pm to GEAUXT
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The biggest thing you need to decide is if the pain limits you in doing the things you like to do. Also, have you been to a doctor and tried conservative measures
Basically it's low arches and poor-fitting shoes for most of my life that have developed terrible bunions on both feet. Both big toes point outward so bad, they're pushing all of my little toes out as well. I've been to a foot doc who recommended surgery and has fitted me with orthotics but I'm nervous to get cut on. It's gotten so bad though that my posture is getting worse and I'm developing terrible lower back pain due to my gait. The arthritic pain is constant. I have to do something... I just don't know if I trust the doctor in surgery.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 10:47 pm to Giantkiller
Go see an orthopod... Jimmy LaLonde at SSC is a foot and ankle specialist.
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