BIOMECHANICAL PATHOLOGY OF THE FOOT & ANKLE IN PLAIN ENGLISH FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
 
EACH FOOT HAS 26 BONES; SOME INHERITED FROM MOM, DAD, GRANDMA, GRANDPA, ETC. THE BEST ANALOGY IS TO COMPARE THIS COMBINATION OF 26 BONES TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF YOUR AUTOMOBILE. IF THE FRONT END IS "OUT OF ALIGNMENT", NORMAL DRIVING WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE TIRES. SIMILARLY, IF THE INHERITED COMBINATION OF BONES ARE "OUT OF ALIGNMENT" THEN EXCESSIVE WEAR AND TEAR WILL SLOWLY APPEAR - BUNIONS, HAMMERTOES, HEEL SPURS/FASCIITIS, AND NEUROMAS, ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF SUCH "WEAR AND TEAR".

OTHER TIMES, NEW TIRES ARE REQUIRED ALONG WITH RE"ALIGNMENT. IN THIS CASE SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION IS FOLLOWED BY CUSTOM ORTHOTIC THERAPY.

ORTHOTICS  - CUSTOM BUILT FOR EACH PATIENT ACCORDING TO OUR WRITTEN PRESCRIPTION. MADE BY MR. RON RYCE, FORMER PROSTHETICS MAN - UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO - DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPEDICS. SOMETIMES, RE"ALIGNMENT IS ALL THAT IS NECESSARY, I.E. ORTHOTIC THERAPY.

NEURAL LYSIS (CHEMICAL DESTRUCTION) OF PAINFUL NEUROMAS

PERINEURAL FIBROSIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS NEUROMA, IS AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND DISABLING NERVE DISORDER OF THE FOOT. IT IS CREATED WHEN BIOMECHANICAL FORCES WITHIN THE FOOT, WHICH ARE DIRECTLY RELATED T0 THE INHERITED BONY STRUCTURE CREATES INSTABILITY AT THE METATARSAL, HEAD REGION (TOE JOINT), WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CREATES REPETITIVE MECHANICAL PRESSURE AGAINST THE NERVE LINING (PERINEURIUM). IF THIS OCCURS REPETITIVELY OVER MANY YEARS, THEN THE BODY IN A MISGUIDED ATTEMPT TO PROTECT ITSELF THICKENS THE COATING OF THE NERVE (PERINEURIUM) AND THIS EVENTUALLY STRANGLES THE NERVE.  ADDITIONALLY THIS ENLARGED PERINEURIUM FULL OF SCAR TISSUE BECOMES AN INCR.EASINGLY EASY TARGET FOR THE INSTABILITY OF THE METATARSAL HEADS AND IT MECHANICALLY GETS RUBBED AND COMPRESSED, CREATING EXCRUCIATING PAIN IN THE FOREFOOT.

INJECTON THERAPY UTILIZING FOUR PERCENT DEHYDRATED ALCOHOL DIRECTLY IN'TO THE PROXIMAL NEUROMA AREA HAS BEEN RESEARCHED FOR MANY YEARS AND DOCUMENTED IN NUMEROUS JOURNAL ARTICLES.  THIS PROCEDURE, CALLED NEURAL LYSIS WORKS EXTREMELY WELL IN KILLING THE NERVE CHEMICALLY, AND THEREBY ACHEIVING WHAT HAD PREYIOUSLY REQUIRED SURGICAL EXCISION, WITH THE SAME EFFICIENCY, HOWEYER, WITH OUT THE SCAR TISSUE SIDE EFFECTS.  SO NOW, THE PATIENT HAS NO DISABILITY TIME, WHERE IN THE: PAST WITH SURGICAL EXCISION THE PATIENT WOUL.D BE OFF WORK FOR A MINIMUM OF 6-8 WEEKS. AND, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE SURGICAL EXCISION SUCCESS RATE BY ACHEIYING ALMOST 100 PERCENT SATISFACTION WITH NEURAL LYSIS, DEHYDRATED ALCOHOL INJECTION THERAPY OF THE NEUROMA. THIS IS ACHEIYED BY INJECTION THERAPY ON A WEEKLY BASIS, USUALLY REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF 8-10 INJECTIONS, STAGGERED BY APPROXIMATELY 7-10 DAYS IN BETWEEN INJECTIONS.

SO NOW, THANKS TO CONSTAN'TLY EVOLVING RESEARCH AND TESTING, PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM PAINFUL DISABLING NEUROMAS, CAN BECOME PAIN"FREE WITH NO DISABILITY  - THAT MEANS NO TIME OFF FROM WORK. THIS RELATIVELY PAINLESS INJECTION THERAPY HAS ALMOST NO SIDE EFFECTS AND AN EXTREMELY HIGH EFFECTIVE RATE. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE IT IN THIS PRACTICE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT BECAUSE IT IS THE BEST WAY TO TREAT OUR PATIENTS.

PRODUCTS

• CUSTOM INSOLE BIRKENSTOCKS ARE AVAILABLE AND CAN BE MADE TO FIT YOUR FOOT.