A doctor can usually diagnose diabetic neuropathy by performing a physical exam. Your doctor will check your tendon reflexes, overall muscle power/strength and sensation to touch.
Gout is a highly inflammatory type of arthritis known to cause debilitating pain, particularly in the joints of the lower extremities. While a majority of gout flares affect the large toe, as Dr Peterson mentioned previously, it can affect any joints as well as many organs.
Gout attacks are infamous for attacking areas surrounding the big toe joints, likely related to low-grade temperatures along these peripheral locations, that make it easier for uric acid crystals to precipitate and deposit.
Oftentimes, pain in the feet can be throbbing or sharp in nature, but lack of feeling can be extremely bothersome as well. Numbness in the feet can be one of the first symptoms of something else going on in the lower extremities or body.
Do you ever find yourself waking up in the morning, stepping out of bed, and getting a sharp pain in your heel/bottom of your foot? Then after walking around for a while, the pain improves. If this is the case, then you may be experiencing plantar fasciitis.
Do you have chronic foot, ankle, or lower leg pain? Have you failed conservative treatment options such as oral medications, orthotics, cortisone injections, braces and other modalities? Are you interested in a non-surgical treatment option for chronic pain, fasciitis, tendonitis, or other chronic trigger point pain? Then shockwave therapy may be an effective option for you.
The athletic patient, whether recreational or elite, may suffer from injury or disease of their lower extremities, yet few remain as frustrating and elusive as chronic induced compartment syndrome. Oftentimes, X-rays or even MRIs can be inconclusive. Studies have shown that there is an approximately 22 month delay in proper diagnosis.
There is nothing worse than dealing with a nagging athletic injury. Whether you are an elite athlete or a weekend warrior, the guiding principles of treatment and prevention of common sports injuries all remain the same. Here we will discuss the top five reasons why athletic injuries occur and provide some insight on how to prevent them.