Physical Therapy for Foot and Ankle Conditions

The foot is one of the most complex structure of your skeletal system. It incorporates very unique biomechanics to support the weight of the body and dampen any loads from impact to the ground. Sometimes from overuse or acute trauma, those structures get injured and inflamed, and, that may lead to foot pain that spans from the toes all the way to the heel.

Some common causes of foot pain include:

Achilles tendinitis
Achilles tendon rupture
Avulsion fracture
Bone spurs
Broken ankle or foot
Broken toe
Bunions
Bursitis
Corns and calluses

Diabetic neuropathy
Flatfeet
Gout
Haglund’s deformity
Hammertoe and mallet toe
High heels or poorly fitting shoes
Ingrown toenails

Metatarsalgia
Morton’s neuroma
Osteoarthritis
Osteomyelitis
Paget’s disease of bone
Peripheral neuropathy
Plantar fasciitis
Plantar warts
Psoriatic arthritis

Raynaud’s disease
Reactive arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Septic arthritis
Stress fractures
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Tendinitis
Tumors

Physical Therapy for Ankle

Your ankle is a very complex and strong joint that can bear your weight in very dynamic and demanding situations. Sometimes injuries can occur through overuse or acute incidents. Some common areas of pain are the outside or inside of your ankle. Common pathologies include, but are not limited to:

Achilles tendinitis
Achilles tendon rupture
Bursitis
Gout
Osteoarthritis
Osteochondritis dissecans
Plantar fasciitis
Pseudogout
Sprained ankle
Stress fractures
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Various forms of arthritis

Physical Therapy Can Help!

Physical Therapy will be tailor fitted, to help regain strength on foot and/or ankle, with the use of evidence based exercises and mobility work, in and out of the clinic. The Therapy will be directed in re-educating your gait and helping any damaged collagen tissue to be rebuild, with strong and movement oriented restructuring. The ultimate goal will be to help the foot\and or ankle to get strong enough, to avoid any possible re-injury.