Due to the Covid19 crisis, telemedicine is now out of the box and is not going to disappear. Here is what you need to know about telemedicine: Medicare universally covers visits for existing patients. Most private insurance carriers are covering telemedicine visits during this critical time. This can easily be checked by contacting your insurance […]
Category: Heel Pain
Virtual Office Visits
Arlington Foot and Ankle is staying current with state and local governments to monitor the continuously changing landscape of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). At this time, our office continues to be open for consultations/procedures. In addition to office visits, we are also offering Virtual Visits. Virtual visits are appropriate for a variety of care needs, including […]
PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) for Sports Injuries not all It’s Cracked up to Be
PRP has been more hype than substance as gathering evidence has put it more into the realm of cherry picking based marketing. The following an excerpt from an updated article in Pain Science in 2015 by Paul Ingraham from Vancouver. “Taken as a whole, the evidence is somewhere between inconclusive and discouraging. Although more research […]
Regrow Healthy Tissue After Injury with Amnion Injections
Although evidence so far has not supported use of popular PRP(Platelet Rich Plasma) amnion injections for sports injuries there is a multi center trial going on worth amnion injections that will probably be complete at the end of this year. I have had good anecdotal success with amnion injections including helping heal my own achilles […]
The Consequences of Infections
Recently the tight end, Daniel Fells, of the New York Giants had an unfortunate turn of events after a cortisone injection. He acquired a staph infection after the injection. This particular strain of staph was a type called methicillin-resistant staph aureus. Methicillin-resistant staph infections have been on the risehas bacteria have mutated to resist traditional […]
When can Cortisone Shots Become Too Much of a Good Thing?
Cortisone shots have been used by the podiatric and orthopedic community as a time honored solution for joint and tendon injuries. Cortisone shots should not be confused with anabolic steroids, which are illegal in competition and have dangerous side systemic side effects. Cortisone is a synthetic form of the glucocorticoids that are synthesized by the […]