Volume 19 - Issue 11 - November 2006
Column
Forum
11/03/2006
Lara M. Allman, DPM
I have been reading podiatry articles for pointers on how to run an office for the last eight years of private practice. I have adopted the advice of all the practice management gurus in our professional world. They write with ease and...
I have been reading podiatry articles for pointers on how to run an office for the last eight years of private practice. I have adopted the advice of all the practice management gurus in our professional world. They write with ease and...
I have been reading...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Treatment Dilemmas
11/03/2006
Babak Baravarian, DPM, FACFAS
The past several “Treatment Dilemmas” columns have dealt with the treatment of chronic ankle pain subsequent to an ankle sprain (see page 92, July issue and page 88, September issue). We have dealt with the actual ligament injury and its...
The past several “Treatment Dilemmas” columns have dealt with the treatment of chronic ankle pain subsequent to an ankle sprain (see page 92, July issue and page 88, September issue). We have dealt with the actual ligament injury and its...
The past several “Treatment...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Industry News
11/03/2006
Patients come in many sizes and may need different sizes of bunion relief.
The new Comfort Gel Skin™ comes in four different models with various gel thicknesses and options for covers, according to the manufacturer Gel Smart. The...
Patients come in many sizes and may need different sizes of bunion relief.
The new Comfort Gel Skin™ comes in four different models with various gel thicknesses and options for covers, according to the manufacturer Gel Smart. The...
Patients come in many sizes and...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
11/03/2006
Brian McCurdy
When patients have pain after a bunionectomy procedure, what are the best options for providing pain relief? Two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, recently published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical...
When patients have pain after a bunionectomy procedure, what are the best options for providing pain relief? Two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies, recently published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical...
When patients have pain...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
11/03/2006
Christopher R. Corwin, DPM, MS, AACFAS; David C. Erfle, DPM, FACFAS
Americans of all ages are participating in athletic activities, including football, at a higher level than ever before. Unfortunately, this also leads to an increased incidence of injury. Heel pain is a common complaint among athletes. It...
Americans of all ages are participating in athletic activities, including football, at a higher level than ever before. Unfortunately, this also leads to an increased incidence of injury. Heel pain is a common complaint among athletes. It...
Americans of all ages are...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
11/03/2006
Stephen L. Barrett, DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS
It is universally accepted that the most common cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis.1 In this same vein, there is a widespread perception that plantar fasciitis is often easily treated with whatever eclectic “recipe” an individual has...
It is universally accepted that the most common cause of heel pain is plantar fasciitis.1 In this same vein, there is a widespread perception that plantar fasciitis is often easily treated with whatever eclectic “recipe” an individual has...
It is universally accepted...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
11/03/2006
Lawrence G. Karlock, DPM, FACFAS; David Kirk, DPM
Heel pain is obviously one of the most common complaints we see in podiatric office. The causes of heel pain are varied and include tarsal tunnel syndrome, Baxter’s neuritis, calcaneal stress fracture and spondyloarthropathies, just to...
Heel pain is obviously one of the most common complaints we see in podiatric office. The causes of heel pain are varied and include tarsal tunnel syndrome, Baxter’s neuritis, calcaneal stress fracture and spondyloarthropathies, just to...
Heel pain is obviously one...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
11/03/2006
John Tassone, Jr., DPM
Throughout the previous three decades, technological advances paved the way for the use of sonography in diagnosing and assessing musculoskeletal pathology. Continued innovations in this arena have led to affordable portable units that...
Throughout the previous three decades, technological advances paved the way for the use of sonography in diagnosing and assessing musculoskeletal pathology. Continued innovations in this arena have led to affordable portable units that...
Throughout the previous...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
11/03/2006
David Edward Marcinko, MBA; Hope Rachel Hetico, RN, MHA
Accounts receivable (A/R) represent free cash flow that is the lifeblood of any medical practice. Staying on top of A/R enables a practice to pay the bills, take care of office payroll and satisfy operational obligations. In the...
Accounts receivable (A/R) represent free cash flow that is the lifeblood of any medical practice. Staying on top of A/R enables a practice to pay the bills, take care of office payroll and satisfy operational obligations. In the...
Accounts receivable (A/R)...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
Continuing Education
Education
11/03/2006
Paul R. Scherer, DPM; Lori L. Waters, BSc, BEd
Given the abundance of articles written about heel pain and plantar fasciitis, practitioners may wonder whether there is anything new to learn. The prevalence of this condition accounts for the amount of press that it gets, both in the...
Given the abundance of articles written about heel pain and plantar fasciitis, practitioners may wonder whether there is anything new to learn. The prevalence of this condition accounts for the amount of press that it gets, both in the...
Given the abundance of...
11/03/2006
Podiatry Today
