Your feet bear your weight all day long, from shuffling to the kitchen for some coffee in the morning to running around all day at work, doing chores, pursuing hobbies and activities. Something small like an ingrown toenail, heel pain or a bunion can really affect your daily life.
FHN’s Podiatry team is here to help. Our podiatrists have years of training and experience ranging from foot and ankle surgery to arthroscopic and minimally-invasive procedures to treat conditions like bunions, hammertoes, arthritis, or pain in the ball of the foot.
The very small incisions involved in arthroscopic procedures (about 75 percent smaller than incisions in regular surgery, according to the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society) offer patients faster healing, smaller scars, less pain, and a quicker return to normal function.
Until recently, when faced with debilitating ankle arthritis – caused by wear and tear over the years or previous injury – surgeons and their patients could opt for fusion surgery, which fuses the bones of the joint together completely. It reduces pain but doesn’t allow the ankle to move or bend.
FHN Podiatrist Sherjeel Hassan, DPM served a foot and ankle surgery residency at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, where he trained extensively and focused on total ankle replacement surgery. This procedure involves placing an artificial implant that, once healed, restores pain-free range of motion to the ankle joint.
FHN is proud to offer this procedure to patients across northwest Illinois.
