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Surgical treatment
- 1. Surgical treatment guidelines Surgical procedure:___________________________________________ When do you need surgery? Is your foot pain interfering with your daily activities? (shopping, exercising, playing with your kids, hanging out with your friends) YES NO Have you tried different conservative treatment to resolve this pain? (padding, anti-inflammatory, wider or different shoes) YES NO Your foot problem makes finding or wearing the shoes that you like difficult YES NO Surgical goal: Relieve 85% of your pain Provide a more functional foot during ambulation Prevent deformities from getting worse Avoid new foot problems Surgical recovery ____wk_ No weight bearing on a cast ____wk_ Limited weight bearing on a surgical shoe (coach-bathroom-bed) ____wk_ Limited weight bearing with a CAM boot (coach-bathroom-bed) ____wk_ Range of motion the joint ____wk_ Begin physical therapy ____wk_ Weight bearing with a surgical shoe (listen to your foot) ____wk_ Weight bearing with a CAM boot (listen to your foot) ____wk_ Transfer to a tennis shoe How to avoid potential complications Pain, Swelling Rest, elevate, ice (20min in, 20min out), anti-inflammatory Numbness Related to the swelling Joint stiffness Physical therapy, range of motion Infection Occurs on rare occasions, can be treated with antibiotics Recurrence of Custom inserts and proper shoes will prevent this (avoid deformity barefoot walking and sandals)