Do I have a Stress Fracture in My Foot? Our Podiatrist Explains
Got foot pain? It could be a metatarsal stress fracture! These common injuries often happen due to repetitive stress from running, jumping, or even walking long distances. At The Center for Ankle and Foot Care, we’re here to help you heal and get back to doing what you love. Watch to learn how these fractures happen and how we treat them!
PRP Therapy For Foot & Ankle Pain: Achieve Relief Without Surgery, Our Podiatrists Can Help
At The Center for Ankle and Foot Care, we specialize in Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy, a cutting-edge treatment that uses your body’s own natural healing power to address foot and ankle conditions—without the need for surgery. In this video, Dr. Michele McGowan explains how PRP therapy can help treat common conditions like Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, and arthritis in the foot and ankle. By concentrating the platelets in your blood and injecting them into the affected area, PRP promotes faster healing, reduces inflammation, and helps you stay active.
Watch now to learn how PRP can:
✅ Accelerate healing
✅ Reduce pain and inflammation
✅ Keep you out of the operating room
✅ Get you back to your favorite activities
Offloading A Painful IPK Callus With Custom Foot Orthotics
Foot pain from a callus is the worst. Our Podiatrists at the Center for Ankle and Foot Care Dr. Michele McGowan and Dr. Tim Henne are always keeping up on the latest technology to keep their patients active here in Florida! Suffering from foot pain is not normal, if you live in Florida and your foot doctor does not have this technology visit us to get scanned and into your new orthotics sooner!
3D Printed Orthotics
This technology allows our doctors to make sure your custom orthotics are perfect. The precision and customization possible with 3D printing and scanning technology has been a huge game changer in us helping your feet feel their best.
Our Podiatrists Dr. Henne and Dr. McGowan are excited to be able to get you back on your feet. This technology allows our doctors to in real time add modifications to relieve pressure on areas causing you pain on your feet.
An Excited Podiatrists Dr. McGowan With Her New Custom Foot Orthotics In 2023
Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis
- Stretching
- Icing
- Orthotics (custom or over the counter depending on need)
- Good shoes
- Medication to reduce inflammation
- Platelet Rich Plasma in severe cases
Do You Have An Ingrown Toenail?
This is one of our ingrown toenail videos that shows the procedure from start to finish. If you have an ingrown toenail you should not delay treatment as infection is very common.
Symptoms of Ingrown toenail:
- Pain on one or both sides of the toenail
- Redness and swelling of the toe
- Drainage from the nail that is yellow or red
Learn more about Ingrown Toenails here
Our Podiatrist Dr. McGowan Explains How To Splint Your Toe For Ball Of Foot Pain
Foot pain diagnosed as capsulitis cane stop you in your tracks, making it difficult to walk with out pain. If you have been diagnosed with capsulitis or pre-dislocation syndrome of a toe, this video can be very helpful to show you how to tape your toe down. Taping the toe down is a simple form of splinting the toe so the structures on the bottom of the continue to lift while walking.
Symptoms of capsulitis:
- swelling under the 2nd toe usually, but can happen under another toe
- pain walking barefoot on the ball of the foot under the toes
- difficulty with some activities
Our Podiatrist Aspirates a Ganglion Cyst
In this video, I'm looking at what is in this foot! Dr. Michele McGowan is a podiatrist who treats ganglion cysts. Click the link in the description to watch the video and find out how she does it! This foot video is a GEM! If you're looking for a doctor who treats ganglion cysts, then you need to watch this video!
Dr. McGowan Quick Explanation On Bunions
In this POV video, Dr. McGowan explains why you don't always need surgery for your bunions. If you're thinking about getting a bunionectomy (surgical removal of the bunion), then this podiatrist explains why it might not be the best option for you. So if you're curious about bunions and aren't sure if surgery is the right treatment for you come see us at the Center for Ankle and Foot Care and we can discuss all of your options.
A Regenerative Therapy for Faster Recovery
Class IV laser therapy is considered a form of regenerative medicine because it doesn’t just provide temporary relief – it actively stimulates the body to heal itself. The laser light promotes “healing from within” by jump-starting the body’s natural repair processes. By targeting the root cause of pain (damaged or inflamed tissues) at the cellular level, it helps build new, healthy tissue and restore normal function. Patients often experience not only significant pain reduction but also long-lasting improvements in their condition, because the underlying issue is being repaired rather than masked. Another major benefit of Class IV laser therapy is how much it speeds up recovery. By energizing cells and improving circulation, it enables injuries to heal in less time than traditional therapy alone
For foot problems like those above, that means you get back on your feet faster and with stronger, healthier tissue. All of this is achieved with a non-invasive, pain-free treatment that involves no medications and no downtime. In summary, Class IV laser therapy harnesses light to power your body’s own healing engines – truly a state-of-the-art regenerative treatment to relieve pain and accelerate healing for a variety of foot conditions. Our Podiatrists are trained on the laser to help with many foot and ankle conditions.