Podiatry

When your feet hurt, nothing feels right. Count on our podiatrists for treatment plans designed to keep your feet, ankles and lower leg bones healthy.

Expert care for feet and lower legs: Why choose Aurora BayCare Medical Center?

Your feet, ankles and lower leg bones are your body’s foundation. Our podiatrists treat problems with the skin, bones, ligaments and muscles of these areas. Program highlights include:

• Proven expertise: Our board-certified podiatrist has proven their knowledge and skills by passing a rigorous exam. The care team also includes fellowship-trained doctors with up to two extra years of education in foot and ankle anatomy.
• Leading-edge treatments: We bring the most advanced treatment options to foot and ankle conditions. We offer surgical treatment and nonoperative orthopedics treatments like medication and physical therapy.

Podiatry treatments and services

Our podiatry specialists offer routine care for the feet and ankles. They also provide state-of-the-art surgical techniques for correcting issues. Treatments include:

Routine foot care

We offer services to keep your feet and ankles healthy and prevent problems from occurring. Services include:

• Corn removal
• Custom orthotics, including corrective shoes, supports and inserts
• Medication injections to relieve pain or swelling
• Nail trimming and ingrown toenail treatment
• Physical examination
• Treatment of fungal infections

Surgical options

Sometimes medication, orthotics or physical therapy don’t relieve foot and ankle pain. Our expert podiatrists may then choose surgery to repair damage. We offer:

• Bunion removal
• Hammertoe treatment
• Removal of damaged tissue or bone debris

Physical therapy

Our physical therapy specialists create custom exercise plans tailored to your specific condition. These exercises help you build strength and improve mobility.

If you’re an athlete, our orthopedic sports medicine doctors provide sport-specific care to get you back in action quickly and safely.

Conditions we treat

Our doctors consult with you to learn more about how your feet function during daily and athletic activities. We develop personalized plans to improve foot and ankle health and prevent future problems. We treat:

Bone issues

Our team specializes in conditions affecting the bones of the feet, such as:

• Bunion: A bump forms on the big toe joint, causing pain.
• Bunionette (tailor’s bunion): A bump occurs at the base of the little toe, creating discomfort.
• Fracture: A break in a foot or ankle bone, or bones, occurs from contact, a fall or repetitive motion.
• Hammertoe: A toe deformity bends the end of the toe down, pushing the toe’s center to a raised position.
• Heel spur: A calcium deposit (bone growth) forms where tissue known as the fascia connects to the heel bone. This extra growth causes heel pain.

Skin conditions

We diagnose and treat common conditions in the skin and nails of the feet, including:

• Athlete’s foot: An infection caused by a fungus (yeast or mold). When the fungus enters a crack in your skin, it causes burning and itching, usually between the toes.
• Blisters: Rubbing and pressure from poorly fitting shoes can cause fluid-filled sacs to form on the feet. Allergic reactions, viral infections and skin infections can also cause blisters.
• Corns and calluses: Hard patches of skin that result from pressure or persistent rubbing on your skin. Corns occur on the top and sides of toes, while calluses occur on the bottom of the feet.
• Ingrown toenails: A painful condition that occurs when toenails begin to curve and grow into the skin. This condition can happen when shoes don’t fit or when nails aren’t trimmed.
• Toenail fungus: When fungus grows on your toenail or in the skin around it, your toenail can break, discolor or crack.
• Warts: A bump on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Plantar warts are warts that grow on the bottom of the feet.