Functional Podiatric Medicine
The future of foot & ankle health starts here
Healing is more than just another prescription or steroid injection. We get to the root of the problem instead of just hiding it.
Why do you have pain?
That is a functional podiatric doctor's question when a patient presents with chronic foot and ankle pain. We take a holistic view to address the root cause of pain. Besides treating symptoms with pills or injections, we also dig deep to see where the human body can be optimized to heal itself. Stressors, thresholds, and preferences vary from one person to another which is why personalized medicine is necessary.
Biomechanical dysfunction - do the feet need external support with orthotics, specific shoes, physical therapy, and/or surgical correction?
Metabolic dysfunction - what else is influencing pain on a molecular level? We order lab tests to see what’s going on inside of your body.
Stressors - stress is known to magnify pain and decrease healing. Where are the sources, and what can be addressed? We look at social well-being, relationships, physical, spiritual, and mental health, and offer tools and resources to help manage stress in healthy, productive ways.
Nutrition - using food as medicine, we can adjust what we use to fuel our body so that it supports healing, and only add supplements when it’s necessary.
Exercise - some exercise is essential but overdoing it is harmful, where can we make adjustments so that it is compatible with healing?
Lifestyle - what other forces are making the body stay stuck in pain rather than cycle through healing?
Sleep & Restoration - sleep is where our bodies repair and so inadequate or poor quality sleep will negatively affect pain and healing.
We offer precision testing with functional labs to optimize your healing potential.
What’s Unique About Functional Podiatry?
Understanding the relationship of the feet with the body is essential to knowing where corrections should be made.
Recognizing each individual has a different threshold for pain and dysfunction is what sets us apart from conventional options.
A holistic view offers lasting results beyond another prescription and this type of healing takes time, time that conventional practices do not have.
Traditional medicine perceives the feet as an isolated static entity, which can often lead to incomplete or incorrect care. It is not unusual to be offered surgical intervention without exhausting conservative care. Unfortunately, this is often influenced by what insurance pays for.
Don’t let your insurance dictate what kind of care you get. You are in control of your health and have many options outside conventional care. Allow yourself to achieve wellness and longevity with functional medicine.
You deserve healthy functional feet. Let’s start your healing journey right now.