A podiatrist, also called a doctor of podiatric medicine, is a specialist who provides medical diagnosis and treatment of foot and ankle problems, such as bunions, heel pain, spurs, hammertoes, neuromas, ingrown toenails, warts, corns and calluses.
Does your foot and ankle specialist fully understand your needs? Is your foot and ankle specialist Board Certified? Does your podiatrist or foot and ankle specialist use the latest technology and equipment? Do they recommend treatment besides surgery?
A major source of injury in the elderly is falling. It is estimated that nearly 40,000 falls each day occur in the US alone with over 14 million US adults aged 65 and older experience a fall each year.
The term “orthotic” is defined as an external device used to modify function of a body part. It generally applies to professionally made or prescription devices but is also used loosely by non-medical personnel to define a large range of...
A foot and ankle injury that needs to heal, a surgery that one need recover from, are strongly dependent on the body’s ability to heal. Dr. Ed Davis utilizes state of the art surgical techniques to ensure fast healing but ultimately...
Dr. Ed Davis is pleased to announce affiliation with US Neuropathy Centers. US Neuropathy Centers is composed of a network of doctors focused on the use of the latest technology in the treatment of nerve pain in the lower extremity caused by peripheral...
Dr. Ed Davis at South Texas Podiatrist has over 30 years of experience in the treatment of work-related foot and ankle injuries.
Plantar fibromatosis, also known as Ledderhose disease, is a condition in which pain nodules of scar-like tissue develop on the bottoms of the feet, most often in the arch area.
Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones become more brittle and porous due loss of mineralization.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT involves the medical use of oxygen to treat patients. Oxygen is supplied at higher than normal atmospheric pressure.
There are a number of changes that occur to the body during pregnancy including the foot and ankle.
Plantar fasciitis is the main cause of heel and arch pain.
If you have Achilles tendon pain, then you might have a bigger problem than you realize. Achilles Tendonitis is a serious problem, since the Achilles tendons are the bands of tissue that connect the heel to the rest of the leg.
