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Podiatry Management
You get called to the hospital
for a “routine” consult.
You drive twenty minutes
to the hospital, take
another seven minutes
walking to the patient’s room, then
spend five minutes finding and reviewing
the patient’s medical record
(possibly after taking three minutes
to reset your login info). After all
this, it is clear you have been consulted
to cut the patient’s toenails.
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Podiatry Today
Bruce Williams DPM writes: One of the biggest problems I hear from patients when they come into the office with orthotics from other practitioners is, “the arch of those orthotics hurt my foot.” I know I am not alone in this because when I first started out in practice, the main in-office modification I would make to my own orthotics was to heat the medial arch to flatten out the arch height for my own patients with these complaints.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
This evaluation sought to determine current Charcot neuroarthropathy diabetes patient education practices among Scottish National Health Service and academic podiatrists and evaluate novel visual tools and develop expert consensus for future practice.
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Lower Extremity Review
The so-called crossover foot is emerging as an attractive option in lower-extremity prosthetics, just as crossovers found their way into the automotive market: because they offer utility.
“With crossovers so popular, will the sedan go the way of the station wagon, marginalized into a niche appreciated by some but bought by few?” wrote automotive correspondent Rick Popely in a 2017 Chicago Tribune article.
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PLoS One
Previous work suggests that to restore postural stability for individuals with lower-limb amputation, ankle-foot prostheses should be designed with a flat effective rocker shape for standing. However, most commercially available ankle-foot prostheses are designed with a curved effective rocker shape for walking. To address the demands of both standing and walking, we designed a novel bimodal ankle-foot prosthesis that can accommodate both functional modes using a rigid foot plate and an ankle that can lock and unlock.
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Podiatry Today
When a patient presents to the office, the evaluation and diagnosis of fat pad atrophy is typically via a clinical examination. Patients often feel they are “walking on pebbles” or feel they are hitting the ground very hard with their bones. Some may relate a shooting or burning pain. Patients may have an associated neuroma, heel spur syndrome/plantar fasciitis or tarsal tunnel syndrome, which one needs to differentiate as part of the diagnosis.
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Foot & Ankle International
Most patients who sustain Achilles tendon ruptures have no clinical symptoms prior to ATR. The objective of this study was to define the prevalence of ultrasound-detectable Achilles tendinopathy in asymptomatic patients in an at-risk group.
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| | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT PEARLS FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR PODIATRIC EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT (IPED) |
Physicians Practice
The individuals I take care of on a daily basis are my patients. They are neither my clients nor customers. For several years, I have been mortified at the implication that I provide a service akin to selling a car. Referring to patients as customers shifts the focus solely onto customer service and the transactional nature of exchanging goods for money.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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