Kevin Lam

There are several cases that have diagnosed numerous and varying disorders which are not typically something a primary care doctor would initially send a patient to a foot and ankle specialist for. Here's an insight of how should such ordeals be treated.

There are many factors that increase the risk of gout. Gout is a common, recurrent condition of joint inflammation in which crystals of uric acid are deposited within joints.

Arthritis of the foot and ankle may ultimately lead to inactivity and weakness which exacerbates other comorbidities like peripheral vascular disease as well as obesity. Unfortunately, because the foot has 28 bones and more than 30 joints, there are plenty of places where this condition can flare up. There are more things that are needed to be known.

Many patients are becoming even more active with age, and as this new generation of elderly patients becomes our community's senior citizens we are finding out more often that you are only as young as you feel.

Everyone has heard of the term GOUT. But not many individuals are familiar with what Gout truly is, unless they've experienced gout's agonizing pain personally, or watched a loved-one temporarily suffer the symptoms.

Wales National Team soccer player, and Club Tottenham Hotspur player, Garet Bales, rolled his ankle last weekend during a slide tackle on the field. Not a career-ending injury, but definitely a season-ending one.

Nail fungus is a slow moving colonization of human keratin, which rarely causes life threatening issues, but may almost always cause some form of discomfort with shoe gear, ambulatory compromise, or unsightly appearance to the feet.

Shockwave therapy for the treatment of heel pain is a Non-invasive, PAINLESS procedure used to manage that nagging pain you feel that "you've tried everything for," and feel with every step you take!

Commonly asked questions and answers for patients with foot disorder are associated with shoes. Let us unravel some of the common queries and resolve them for the patient's convenience.

Tarsal tunnel syndrome is condition where the posterior tibial nerve in the ankle is compressed. In many ways, this condition is analogous to carpal tunnel in the hand where the median nerve is compressed.