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An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) is able to perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect patient health information correctly, setup a sterile field and much more. Learn more about the course and have your assistant register online. $100 off the standard fee of $599 for assistants sponsored by an ACFAOM member.
ACFAOM CAREER CENTER: Are you looking for a new podiatric assistant (or new DPMs) for your practice? Consider posting job openings onto the ACFAOM Career Center. College benefits apply for pricing—ACFAOM members can post a 30-day basic job posting for free. Click here to view pricing options for members and non-members.
Questions about the CCPMA or ACFAOM Career Center? Contact College Coordinator Angelica Tom via email or telephone at 301-718-6524.
Podiatry Management
No discussion of Oxycontin (oxycodone) and
heroin can be complete without comparing their
molecular structures, which are nearly identical. This is not usually discussed when doctors talk about narcotic analgesics. But drug-addicted people are very much aware of their similarities. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are virtually interchangeable. Any physician prescribing Oxycontin needs to be aware of this.
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Medical Xpress
A new literature review published in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found successful outcomes for an Achilles tendon tear with either minimally invasive surgery or nonsurgical bracing with a removable boot, especially in recreational athletes. The use of platelet rich plasma, the injection of plasma-enriched platelets at the injury site, was not deemed an effective treatment.
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PrognoCIS Electronic Health Record (EHR) and services use the latest internet technologies to provide efficient practice management and medical billing, meeting the needs of podiatrists around the country.
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HealthDay News
From broken bones to frostbite, you're at extra risk for foot and ankle injuries during winter. But you can protect yourself, according to a surgeon who specializes in podiatry.
"During the winter months, patients should take extra precaution to keep their feet warm and dry when navigating frigid temps, especially patients who have existing health conditions," said Dr. Greg Catalano, a Massachusetts-based foot and ankle surgeon.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Workplace injury is an international costly burden. Health care workers are an essential component to managing musculoskeletal disorders, however in doing this, they may increase their own susceptibility. While there is substantial evidence about work-related musculoskeletal disorders across the health workforce, understanding risk factors in specific occupational groups, such as podiatry, is limited. The primary aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of work related low back pain in podiatrists.
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Rheumatology
Patients with trajectories of higher weight during their lifetimes also had an increased risk for foot pain, according to findings presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting.
"These results provide evidence that having a lower weight over one's lifetime can reduce the likelihood of foot problems," Alyssa B. Dufour, PhD, instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, said during her presentation.
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Journal of Biomechanics
Total ankle replacement (TAR) is an alternative to fusion, replacing the degenerated joint with a mechanical motion-preserving alternative. Minimal pre-clinical testing has been reported to date and existing wear testing standards lack definition. Ankle gait is complex, therefore the aim of this study was to investigate the effect on wear of a range of different ankle gait kinematic inputs.
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Podiatry Today
For patients with moderate to severe hallux valgus and a large intermetatarsal angle, proximal first metatarsal osteotomies may be indicated to achieve an appropriate amount of correction. The closing base wedge osteotomy is a reliable procedure resulting in a strong structural correction and is amenable to multiple fixation techniques. Loison first described and advocated the transverse closing base wedge osteotomy in 1901. Juvara modified the procedure in 1919, employing the oblique version of the closing base wedge osteotomy.
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Foot & Ankle International
Plantar plate tear and gradual subluxation of the second metatarsophalangeal joint is a relatively common phenomenon. Some authors even suggest contracted second hammertoes are among the most frequently encountered subluxations in the foot. Growing attention has been given to this problem in the literature, as evidenced by the 5-fold increase in recent years in the number of publications with plantar plate in their title. It is well known that the pathology of the plantar plate is associated with hammertoe deformities.
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