Stephen L. Barrett, DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS

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Combating The Dogma On Plantar Fasciopathy With The Gift Of Truth

12/18/2013

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

You know that feeling you get when, after countless hours of the endless drudgery of searching, you finally find that perfect thing and all of the frustration and tiredness suddenly melt away, almost like they never happened?

You know that feeling you get...

12/18/2013

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Why The Association Of Extremity Nerve Surgeons Should Be A Clinical Interest Affiliate Group Of The APMA

03/10/2011

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

I have been reading many of the current website/blog postings from different colleagues. Sadly, I sometimes get the impression that there is this pervasive and growing perception out there that there is more “wrong” than “right” with our...

I have been reading many of the...

03/10/2011

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Enlisting A Patient’s Family To Improve Patient Communication And Outcomes

08/10/2016

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

While reading a book a couple of weeks ago, I came across a term that I had not heard before: limbic resonance. Upon further explanation by the authors, I realized that we all experience limbic resonance hundreds, if not thousands, of times...

While reading a book a couple of...

08/10/2016

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Getting Answers On The Peripheral Nervous System At The Upcoming AENS Meeting

01/09/2013

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

Resolutions are bandying about in our heads, the idiot box, the radio and virtually every other medium known to man now that we have slipped so quickly over the cliff into 2013. In speaking with some of my colleagues while facing the...

Resolutions are bandying about...

01/09/2013

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Letter to the Editor

Another Perspective on Morton's Neuroma

02/21/2024

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

A response to a recent article in Podiatry Today.

A response to a recent article...

02/21/2024

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Should You Change Your Approach To Plantar Fasciosis?

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...

11/03/2006

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When To Say When On The ‘Savior Complex’

09/02/2015

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

I am here to tell you that last week I got my mind whipped and I loved it. I know what you are thinking and don’t even go there. Yes, sir, whipped glia with a little dash of neuron. A puree of all purees. It was a full-on mental Mixed Martial...

I am here to tell you that last...

09/02/2015

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When Will We Start Calling Morton’s Neuroma What It Is: Morton’s Entrapment?

02/09/2012

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

In the December 2011 issue of Foot and Ankle Specialist, there is an interesting article titled “Long-Term Results of Neurectomy in the Treatment of Morton’s Neuroma: More Than 10 Years’ Follow-Up.”1 What is interesting about this article?...

In the December 2011 issue of...

02/09/2012

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Case Study

Revising A Failed First MPJ Implant In A Patient With Chronic Pain

11/28/2012

Julie Lee , DPM;

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

These authors offer pertinent insights on treating a 45-year-old woman who complained of severe pain years after receiving a total first metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) implant.

These authors offer pertinent...

11/28/2012

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Are Flip-Flops Really That Bad For Your Feet?

10/03/2014

Stephen L. Barrett , DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS;

I was sitting at a nice table in the Pub Med, on the east edge of Academiaville, chatting with a professor buddy of mine named Google Scholar. He likes to be just called “Googie.” Seems like that rogue is in every little academic nook and...

I was sitting at a nice table in...

10/03/2014

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