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

The Foot Doc Blog – Leading Blog on foot and ankle pain

Providing information on foot, toes, and ankle pain or deformities. Questions? Please ask them in the comments section below. Check out our Youtube and Instagram sites as well.
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Skin cancer can arise anywhere on the body. In this particular example a patient presented to me at the University Hospitals Wound Center in The Streetsboro Health Center.  She had a lesion or wound on her leg that had been present for almost one year. Initially she felt that it was a blister although it would never completely heal. She was sent to me for evaluation and treatment for a non healing wound.


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I am asked this question everyday.  Sometimes I feel like my answer would  best be served by placing an audio player in my office and pressing play each time it is asked!  That may not be a bad idea... "Shoes do no more for the foot than a hat does for the brain." —Dr. Mercer Rang, legendary orthopedic surgeon and researcher in pediatric development


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I wouldn't let someone talk you into foot surgery in their office as most surgical procedures are now being performed in outpatient surgery centers. With that being said, there are some simple minimally invasive procedures which can resolve a painful contracted or dislocated toe. I have performed an overwhelming majority of these types of procedures in my office providing relief to patients who have suffered many years with toe pain but didn't want the long recovery periods that many orthopedic surgeons offer which require outdated use of complicated external pins. 


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Here’s and interesting look at some old remedies as well some real life medical treatments we once used! 


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