Stop bunion pain today! New advancements in bunion surgery...
Dr. Vargas Performs New Tightrope Procedure for Bunions!!
Revolutionary procedure for bunions using a device called a tightrope. There is no doubt that this procedure represents a huge advancement in bunion surgery.
Traditionally, the bunion procedures I perform involve a bone cut to reposition the bone which is held together with a pin or a screw. Following the surgery, patients walk around in a cast boot for 4-6 weeks to allow for bone healing. With the new tightrope procedure patients experience a faster recovery, less pain and fewer complications. Patients are out of the cast boot and into regular shoes as soon as 3 weeks postoperatively.
While the tightrope procedure is not indicated in every type of bunion deformity, it can be performed in the vast majority. It represents a revolutionary change in bunion surgery and will allow more people to undergo bunion correction due to a faster recovery, less pain and fewer complications. This means fewer days missed at work or less down time with the kids – 2 of the main reasons many people avoid bunion correction.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Dancing With the Stars: Another Foot Injury?
What doe this have to do with running? A lot, if the training before a race or before a dance performance is not done properly.
Donny Osmond is the latest in a series of injuries from the reality show "Dancing with the Stars." He was dancing this week with a broken toe. A fractured toe can be quite painful, depending on the location, angle, and severity of the break in the bone(s). I speak from personal experience on this injury. I fractured one of my toes while I was a surgical resident and had no choice but to work, walk on it, wear closed toe shoes, and stand on it for prolonged periods of time. However, I did not continue to run or dance or engage in other sports for the weeks that was required for it to heal.
But...there seems to be a trend on this show with injuries and the stars continuing to dance and perform while injured. We saw this in the past few weeks with Tom DeLay who continued to dance on stress fractures in both feet until it got to the point where he had to quit the show...eventually. Other previous foot & ankle injuries included Misty-May Treanor with a ruptured Achilles tendon, Lance Bass with a toe fracture, and Kristi Yamaguchi with an ankle injury.
This is similar to what us physicians see with "weekend athletes" or runners to try to do too much, too soon. Proper sports training is just that--training. If an athlete is a beginner, such as these celebrities, with respect to a particular sport, then a gradual and incremental training process in necessary to prevent injury. If this does not occur, injury is more than likely to happen. So it is not surprising to me and many of my colleagues that these stars are getting injured at such a high rate. Perhaps the medical professionals associated with the show could point this out to the show executives and try to do something about it...or perhaps we will continue to see another series of injuries in upcoming episodes.
What do you think? Feel free to comment below on this possibly controversial subject. In my professional, medical opinion, it is quite obvious what will occur if changes are not made in the show's training schedule.
Donny Osmond is the latest in a series of injuries from the reality show "Dancing with the Stars." He was dancing this week with a broken toe. A fractured toe can be quite painful, depending on the location, angle, and severity of the break in the bone(s). I speak from personal experience on this injury. I fractured one of my toes while I was a surgical resident and had no choice but to work, walk on it, wear closed toe shoes, and stand on it for prolonged periods of time. However, I did not continue to run or dance or engage in other sports for the weeks that was required for it to heal.
But...there seems to be a trend on this show with injuries and the stars continuing to dance and perform while injured. We saw this in the past few weeks with Tom DeLay who continued to dance on stress fractures in both feet until it got to the point where he had to quit the show...eventually. Other previous foot & ankle injuries included Misty-May Treanor with a ruptured Achilles tendon, Lance Bass with a toe fracture, and Kristi Yamaguchi with an ankle injury.
This is similar to what us physicians see with "weekend athletes" or runners to try to do too much, too soon. Proper sports training is just that--training. If an athlete is a beginner, such as these celebrities, with respect to a particular sport, then a gradual and incremental training process in necessary to prevent injury. If this does not occur, injury is more than likely to happen. So it is not surprising to me and many of my colleagues that these stars are getting injured at such a high rate. Perhaps the medical professionals associated with the show could point this out to the show executives and try to do something about it...or perhaps we will continue to see another series of injuries in upcoming episodes.
What do you think? Feel free to comment below on this possibly controversial subject. In my professional, medical opinion, it is quite obvious what will occur if changes are not made in the show's training schedule.
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