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Podiatry

Americans spend a great deal of time on their feet. As the Nation becomes more active across all age groups, the need for foot care will become increasingly important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

The human foot is a complex structure. It contains 26 bones—plus muscles, nerves, ligaments, and blood vessels—and is designed for balance and mobility. The 52 bones in your feet make up about one-fourth of all the bones in your body. Podiatrists, also known as doctors of podiatric medicine (DPMs), diagnose and treat disorders, diseases, and injuries of the foot and lower leg to keep this part of the body working properly.

Conditions & Treatments

Podiatrists treat corns, calluses, ingrown toenails, bunions, heel spurs, and arch problems; ankle and foot injuries, deformities, and infections; and foot complaints associated with diseases such as diabetes. To treat these problems, podiatrists prescribe drugs, order physical therapy, set fractures, and perform surgery. They also fit corrective inserts called orthotics, design plaster casts and strappings to correct deformities, and design custom-made shoes. Podiatrists may use a force plate to help design the orthotics. Patients walk across a plate connected to a computer that “reads” their feet, picking up pressure points and weight distribution. From the computer readout, podiatrists order the correct design or recommend another kind of treatment.

We treat the following conditions:

1. Achilles Tendon
2. Ankle Injuries
3. Athlete's Foot
4. Bone Spur
5. Bunions
6. Corns and Calluses
7. Flat Feet
8. Foot Pain
9. Fungus Toenails
10. Hammertoes
11. Heel Disorders
12. Heel Spurs
13. Ingrown Toe Nail
14. Neuromas
15. Pediatric Foot Care
16. Shin Splints
17. Tendonitis
18. Toe Shortening
19. Warts

Questions about podiatry in Los Angeles? Contact Beverly Hills Physicians today. We offer podiatry treatments in our offices all across Southern California, including Beverly Hills, Encino, Thousand Oaks, Valencia, Pasadena, Long Beach and Oxnard.