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Foot Care

Expert Foot Care

Our podiatrists have experience you can trust to treat you -- or your child -- and get you back on your feet

Expert Foot CareOur podiatrists will treat most conditions without surgery. Often, changing shoes, wearing inserts in your shoes (orthotics), exercise or rest can correct the problem. When these more conservative treatments do not work, our podiatrists are specially educated to provide a surgical treatment.

Some of the most common surgeries are:

  • Bunionectomy—surgically removing bunions
  • Ingrown nail removal
  • Surgical repair of Achilles tendon rupture
  • Bone grafts
  • Ankle arthroscopy—minimally invasive surgery
  • Arthrodesis—fusing joints in the toes or ankles when arthritis is causing pain and immobility
  • Non-surgical and surgical treatments for club foot, flat feet, toe walking and other childhood foot conditions

Your Child's Feet

Children have soft and malleable feet that develop well into the teenage years and can be easily injured. Monitoring children’s feet and ankles is an important part of their health. If your child is suffering from clubfoot, flat feet or other conditions that make it difficult to walk or run, our experienced doctors will diagnose, treat and provide exceptional care to keep your child's feet healthy.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 610-402-CARE.

This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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Lehigh Valley Hospital has campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazelton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.

 
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