According to www.bleacherreport.com, UFC light heavy weight champ Jon Jones is on his road to recovery after a gruesome injury to his great toe. In his last fight, he jammed the big toe and dislocated it. The nature of the injury was such that, had the fight not ended with a technical knockout in Jone's favour, he probably would not have been allowed to continue the fight, even though he was winning.

Apparently, Jones had surgery performed by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Klapper. It should take approximately 6-8 weeks for the toe to heal. The toe was dislocated, not broken.

Jones reported that the alignment was good, the skin was healing and there was no infection. He is unable to do heavy training at this point but he is planning to attend a seminar in Russia.

In the picture, Jones is seen in a surgical boot .

In my Toronto podiatry office, I treat painful toes due to Hammertoes Corns and Bone Spurs and Ingrown Toenails using Minimally Invasive techniques. The work can be done in my Toronto podiatry clinic under local anesthetic.

If you suffer from any of these or other foot problems, please call Toronto Podiatrist Sheldon Nadal, D.P.M. at 416-486-9917 for a private consultation.
 

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New foot surgery textbook

According to a 2012 report in the Huffington Post, amongst all the myths surrounding surgical treatment options for bunions, some of the most common misconceptions are that it must involve painful surgery with general anesthesia, recurrence, slow recovery, and severe scarring. However, the fact remains that bunion surgery can be minimally invasive with smooth recovery and results.

This year, a new textbook entitled Minimally Invasive Forefoot Surgery in Clinical Practice, edited by orthopedic surgeons Nicola Maffulli and Mark Easley, was published by Springer press. This book features a chapter by Toronto podiatrist Sheldon Nadal, D.P.M. who presents such a solution in his chapter Minimally Invasive Modified Wilson Osteomy for the Treatment of Hallux Valgus. In this chapter, Nadal highlights how effectively this procedure can be performed for bunions on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. This allows people  to walk immediately after surgery without the need for casts or crutches.

Other chapters include information on treatment options for people suffering from pain and inflammation at the ball of their feet due to dropped metatarsals, as well as surgical treatment for hammertoes , and claw toes. All of these conditions can be treated with Minimally Invasive Surgery outpatient procedures using local anesthetic, a specialty of Toronto podiatrist Sheldon Nadal, D.P.M.

For more information visit our home page at Toronto, Ontario Podiatrist

If you or someone you know suffers from unpleasant bunion or other foot deformities, call Our Toronto PodiatryOffices at 416-486-9917.

Source: Minimally Invasive Forefoot Surgery in Clinical Practice 

A bunion is a deformity at the side of the foot near the big toe joint, due to an enlarged bone and/or a deviated big toe joint.  This causes a bump which is unsightly and can rub in shoes and become painful.

In the opinion of Toronto podiatrist Sheldon Nadal, bunions are due to a hereditary biomechanical imbalance.  They are not caused by shoes but can be aggravated by the wrong type of shoes.

Pointed toed shoes can contribute to the development of bunions by forcing the toes out of alignment.

In addition, shoes with heels higher than two inches can cause a shifting of the body weight forward, putting extreme pressure on the ball of your feet and toes.  This extra weight contributes to the development of the bunions as well as painful calluses at the ball of the feet.  Low heeled ballet type shoes while not causing pressure at the front of the foot, can also cause problems because they tend not to have support under the arches.

Bunions can now be treated with Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery techniques along with local anesthetic in our Toronto foot surgery clinic.

If you, or someone you care about are developing bunions, please call my Toronto podiatry office at 416-486-9917 to fund out how to prevent bunions.  If you already have bunions, I will explain how I can correct them.

According to the Southern Medical Journal, music can reduce pain and anxiety during surgery and reduces anxiety and the need for sedatives. http://journals.lww.com/smajournalonline/Abstract/2012/09000/Using_Music_Interventions_in_Perioperative_Care.9.aspx  http://journals.lww.com/smajournalonline/Abstract/2012/09000/Using_Music_Interventions_in_Perioperative_Care.9.aspx . . 

In my Toronto podiatry office, I have been playing music when I perform Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery for Bunions,   hammer toes, Tailors' Bunions or Bunionettes, bone spurs and  Ingrown Toenails, under local anesthetic for many years.

Minimally invasive foot surgery involves utilizing specialized instruments, under local anesthetic to correct common foot problems through very small openings in the skin.  This results in less soft tissue discomfort and usually means less postoperative swelling and discomfort.  It turns out that the music that I play during surgery may also have helped.

If you or someone you care about suffer from bunions, hammer toes, ingrown nails, bone spurs, or even heel spur pain and arch pain due to Plantar Fasciitis, please call 416-486-9917 to set up a private consultation.  And don’t forget to tell me what kind of music you would like to hear when we take care of your foot pain in Toronto. 

The image below is from a modern postcard reproducing a painting titled "The Foot Surgery." The painting is by Antonie Victorijns (c.1612-c.1655) and it is on display at the Catharina Gasthuis Museum in Gouda, the Netherlands.

This postcard was published in the Netherlands in the 2000s.  

The equiptment in my Toronto podiatry office is somewhat newer and cleaner.  I use local anesthetic when I do Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery to treat problems such as Bunions, hammertoes, corns, bone spurs, and ingrown nails. Also, the surgeon in the picture probably didn't have access to other modern equiptment that I have in my Toronto foot clinic such as a long pulsed YAG laser for the treatment of onychomycosis or toenail fungus, as well as sound wave units such as radial wave (also called pressure wave or radial shockwave) and Superpulsed Laser Pain Treatment for acute plantar fasciitis, heel pain and arch pain and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for chronic Heel Spur Pain, Arch Pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendonitis.

 I do, however, have a few vintage foot surgery posters and beatles posters on the walls in my Toronto podiatry clinic which you can admire when you come for a private consultation to discuss your foot problem with me . Call us today at 416-486-9917