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Centreville, VA 20121
(703) 996 – 3000
6101 Redwood Square Centre #303
Centreville, VA 20121
Stylish high heels are always in demand. Unfortunately, fashionable footwear also comes with a cost. This isn’t a fact that is up for debate. Fashion and style are subjective; podiatry, however, isn’t. People who choose to wear high heels, pumps, and stilettos are also choosing to put constant pressure on their feet and ankles. This…
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Many of our patients at Clifton Foot & Ankle Center come to us for help with heel pain. In most cases, we’ll discover that the patient has plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia – the thick, long ligament that runs along the bottom of your foot. Inflammation may be due to…
Pain is one of the most compelling reasons people decide to have foot or ankle surgery. There are so many kinds of pain! Board-certified podiatric surgeon Dr. Kenneth R. Wilhelm has heard his patients describe their foot and ankle pain for more than two decades. They use words like “aching,” “burning,” “stiff,” “tingling,” and “throbbing”…
In last week’s blog, we explored how heel pain can cause debilitating pain that can get worse if you don’t treat it promptly. That thick ligament is causing your pain because it’s inflamed and may even have small tears. One of the most effective treatments for plantar fasciitis is to perform targeted exercises to repair your damaged…
Plantar fasciitis is better known as heel pain – sometimes debilitating heel pain. Patients often tell us similar stories: They have stabbing pain in their heels and arches when they wake up and take their first steps of the day. The pain eases after they walk a bit. Wearing shoes makes the heel feel better….
What brings a pretty large percentage of patients to our podiatry office in Centreville, Virginia? Heel pain. Very often, the pain is due to a condition called plantar fasciitis. What is plantar fasciitis?Any word ending in “-itis” indicates something is inflamed. In this case, that “something” is the plantar fascia – the thick band of…
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