Nicholas Campitelli, DPM | Akron Podiatrist | Foot and Ankle Surgeon

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Pain medicine addiction has become an epidemic in our society. It is common to prescribe this medication after surgical procedures to control pain in our patietns. This pain is usually only severe for the first several days after a surgery and the medication should not be needed or used for weeks after your procedure. Doing so could lead to addiction and with that comes many horrible side effects. Here is a short video that National Geogrpahic recently posted on their website.


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More than likely the answer is "No", you will not need to have pins to fix your hammer toes. Many of my patients fear having their hammer toes fixed surgically because they are worried about having pins sticking out of their toe following surgery. This is an outdated way of fixing hammer toes as we now have many new options available for fixating the deformity.


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I recently blogged about plantar fasciitis and cortisone injections on my running blog and received a lot of comments back about cortisone being "harmful" or a "bandaid".  I would like to elaborate more on this controversial topic and help guide others to understand how cortisone can play a role in the healing process - SAFELY.


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