Severe Foot Pain May Benefit Greatly From Surgery

If you suffer from severe foot pain, you might discover that foot surgery may be necessary

. Foot surgery repairs many reasons such as a broken bone, structural damage or to relieve foot pain caused by another condition. Many foot conditions that go untreated will need surgery as the only means for a podiatrist to correct the conditions such as:

Bunions: when all other non surgical treatments such as supports, pads or wearing roomy shoes do not work, or when the bunions have gotten too big, surgery may be required. The most common way to correct a bunion with surgery is shaving the bump and realigning the bones. Recovery time for this type of surgery is approximately 4 weeks. You are never completely off your feet, but rest and elevation are important for the first two weeks.

Hammertoes can become more rigid and foot surgery is the only solution to relieve the pain and discomfort. The most common surgical procedure is called arthroplasty, where a small section of the bone is removed from the affected area. Recovery time for this type of foot surgery is mainly pain for 2 to 3 days and can be controlled by ibuprofen or Tylenol.

Calluses and corn removal may result in surgery if all non-surgical treatments do not work and/or if the pain on your foot, from the callus or corn, becomes too much. A doctor will cut away the callus or corn, or will need to change the underlying bone structure. Recovery time for this type of foot surgery could be pain lasting for 2 to 3 days and can be controlled by ibuprofen or Tylenol.

Flat foot that goes untreated can lead to deformity of the foot and/or excessive pronation (ankles turn inward) and foot surgery is the only way to correct the problem. Most surgeries involve removing a wedge of bone to change the angle of the heel bone. Recovery time for this type of foot surgery can last for up to several weeks as the foot will need to be casted and immobilized.

Mortons Neuroma: when all non surgical treatments do not work, surgery is usually necessary. There are generally two ways to have surgery: making an incision from the top of the foot and removing the affected nerve, or making an incision from the bottom of the foot. Most surgeons prefer going from the top of the foot because the recovery time is much faster. Most patients can walk right away whereas if the surgery is performed from the bottom the patient will need to stay off their foot for several days.

by: Chris Milkie

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