RFC Private Practice

[CutsWithFury]

Jesus washed his disciples feet and applied oil. Give it a try to one of your patients, it is a very humbling experience. Nothing should be below you DOCTOR (except the knee)

Don’t include Jesus with podiatry. That’s insulting to Jesus

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[air bud]

Don’t include Jesus with podiatry. That’s insulting to Jesus

Lol

 

[Scrantonicity]

Don’t include Jesus with podiatry. That’s insulting to Jesus

You don't think he checked for hyper mobility in the first ray?

 

[Creflo]

Hell no. Do any other physicians lotion their patients? Why would any new graduate lotion anyone's feet or dremel anyone's nails? If up and coming podiatrists (who graduate with 3 years of residency training and have a possible additional year of fellowship training) have any desire to progress the profession then that has to stop. We need to change the perception...actively.

Your patients can get the same service during a pedicure. Done by someone who most likely doesn't have a college degree. Not sure why a well trained and educated physician needs to do this.

You want to make money? Go into wound care. Bill your ass off on wound debridements and do percutaneous flexor tenotomies and PL tenotomies in the clinic. Equinus? Take everyone to the OR for an endoscopic Gastroc recession. You will make so much more money doing these MIS procedures then trimming nails and calluses and lotioning feet. Even if you never develop a high surgical practice. Diabetic offloading procedures is legit medicine and does work and does change lives.

My two cents

What is a PL tenotomy?

 

[SouthPod7]

Posterior lengthening? Just a guess.

 

[CutsWithFury]

What is a PL tenotomy?

Peroneus longus tenotomy for sub 1st MTPJ ulcers

 

[Shiyuan]

Peroneus longus tenotomy for sub 1st MTPJ ulcers

I’ve never heard of doing this in the clinic though. Usually you do a lateral cuboid area approach surgically?

 

[SouthPod7]

In residency we did the peroneal stop/swap where we would tenotomize the longus and then tenodese it to the brevis. Is that what you're talking about? Or just tenotomize the longus and don't suture it to the brevis?

 

[NatCh]

tenotomize

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[heybrother]

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