Bunions are a painful condition wherein there develops a painful protrusion on the side of the foot. This occurs mostly in women than in men majorly because of the fact that women wear ill fitting or high heel shoes. Bunions can also be caused due to some sort of foot injury or due to a hereditary condition.
A podiatrist is the doctor who specializes in foot and ankle related problems. He will be the one diagnosing and rectifying your condition. Any podiatrist bunion San Antonio can take care of disorders like bunions, hammertoes, ingrown toenails, warts, corns etc. Primarily the podiatrist will suggest that you wear wide toed shoes which are comfortable, exercise or prescribe orthotics. There are some exercises which strengthen the small muscles of the toe. At times when the non surgical treatments and medications fail to have an effect, the podiatrist will advise that you undergo a surgery. Podiatrists not only prescribe drugs and perform physical therapy but also perform surgeries. He will first need you to walk barefoot to assess the foot condition. He will then order X-rays and some lab tests for diagnosing your condition properly. He will also be going through your medical history in detail. For designing the orthotics, a scanner or a force plate is used. The patient needs to walk across the force plate which reads their feet and picks up their weight distribution. After analyzing the computer results, the podiatrist orders the correct design.
Podiatrists require 3-4 tears of undergraduate education and after that he needs to complete a 4 year podiatric college program. He will need to pass the tests of national as well as State examinations. They can even have their solo practice and enjoy quite high earnings. But prior to selecting your podiatrist bunion San Antonio you must check whether he is Board certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery.
