DPM Blogs

Treating The Symptoms And Consequences Of Poor Office Scheduling

Lynn Homisak PRT
4/12/13 | 1674 reads | 0 comments
Delayed schedule. Irritated patients. Late workdays. Costly overtime. Disgruntled staff. Stress. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out that something is wrong. All these signs are the classic symptoms of poor scheduling but that is only one diagnosis. Sure, patients expect backups … occasionally. However, when waiting becomes a repeat performance with no effort to fix it, all that good customer service your practice offers to romance your patients goes out the door along with the patient. Read More.

What A Spanish Podiatrist Learned From Visiting With Podiatrists In The United States

Patrick DeHeer DPM FACFAS
4/11/13 | 3224 reads | 0 comments
Editor’s note: This entry’s guest author is Gabriel Aguirrezabal, a Spanish podiatrist. He is in private practice in Bilbao in Basque Country, Spain. I am Gabriel Aguirrezabal, a Spanish podiatrist. I am very thankful to Dr. DeHeer and his colleagues for welcoming me into Indianapolis for two weeks in March. During my journey, I wanted to develop new podiatric skills and discover how doctors practice podiatric medicine in the United States. I was able to rotate through a variety of podiatric settings such as surgery, clinical practice and even wound care. Read More.

Why It’s A Crime That Not All Residents Have Found A Matching Program

Stephen Barrett DPM FACFAS
4/10/13 | 1153 reads | 0 comments
There is not enough crime scene yellow tape at the national CSI headquarters to outline the prostrate victims of this incredible, all time crime of our profession. The blogs are a fury, screaming with brash and ridiculous statements like: “… The primary culprits are the administrators at each of the podiatry schools. They knew, or should have known, that they enrolled more students than the number of residency programs available. They operate in their ivory towers, receiving huge salaries, with little regard of the postgraduate reality.” Read More.

How To Accommodate For Prominent Styloids

Larry Huppin DPM
4/4/13 | 1568 reads | 0 comments
I recently saw a patient for whom I dispensed a new pair of orthotic devices. This patient had a prominent styloid process. When considering an orthosis for a patient with a prominent styloid process, you have to determine where the styloid needs accommodation. To make this decision, you must first determine whether the styloid is prominent laterally, plantarly or both. Lateral and plantar styloid prominences require different accommodation. Read More.

When Charcot Arises After Surgery

William Fishco DPM FACFAS
4/2/13 | 1377 reads | 0 comments
Charcot arthropathy is a devastating condition of the foot and ankle that causes severe instability and resultant deformity. Any patient who has peripheral neuropathy, regardless of the etiology, is susceptible to this condition. Read More.

How To Prevent Heel Slippage From An Orthotic

Jenny L Sanders DPM
4/1/13 | 1697 reads | 1 comments
Heel slippage arising from a dispensed orthotic is not an uncommon problem. Ways to address this problem include modified shoe lacing (lock-lacing) and tongue pads. For a how-to on lock-lacing, see my prior post at http://tinyurl.com/cu3r4ml . Read More.

A Simple Approach To Tackling Osteochondral Lesions

Jeffrey Bowman DPM MS
3/27/13 | 1490 reads | 0 comments
Our mothers always told us to eat more oats. A simple surgical procedure for osteochondral defects (osteochondritis dissecans) is easier to swallow than the bland carbs thrust at us as children every morning before school. Here is a quick synopsis of the Osteoarticular Transfer System (OATS), otherwise known as the Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System procedure I employ using the Arthrex system. Read More.

Secrets To Passing The ABPS Boards

Ron Raducanu DPM FACFAS
3/26/13 | 4820 reads | 7 comments
I want you to pass your American Board of Podiatric Surgery (ABPS) boards. I really do. Despite all the conspiracy theorists, we all want you to pass your surgery boards. It can only serve to make our profession stronger. Read More.

Is Gun Violence A Podiatric Health Issue?

Lee C. Rogers DPM
3/25/13 | 1466 reads | 0 comments
After the tragic shooting of 20 first graders and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, both lawmakers and the President have promised action. Many Americans see gun violence as a political issue and offer their own opinions on the Second Amendment, albeit something only the Supreme Court can do. Certainly, politicians are needed to act on the issue of gun violence but let’s look at it from a medical perspective. Read More.