by Andrew Bernhard, DPM | Oct 30, 2019 | Sports Injuries
With current surgical technology, most ankle fractures are now surgically repaired. When possible, we still practice conservative management of broken ankles, but for unstable or displaced fractures, the ankle needs to be surgically fixated. Ankle Surgery intends to...
by Andrew Bernhard, DPM | Oct 8, 2019 | General Foot Care
Every time that we see an ankle fracture at Eagle-Summit Foot & Ankle, we have to determine a few different things. There are a few different types of ankle fractures, but they tend to follow patterns based on the mechanism of injury. That is to say, when we see a...
by Kaitlyn N. Bernhard, DPM | Jul 15, 2020 | Sports Injuries
Stress fractures are a relatively common cause of foot and ankle pain. These injuries result not from one specific injury, like an acute fracture, but chronic overuse. Historically, we have seen them in new athletes training for a new sport or event or, by the...
by Andrew Bernhard, DPM | Aug 29, 2019 | Sports Injuries
One of the more common traumatic injuries that presents to our offices at Eagle-Summit Foot & Ankle, and emergency rooms nationwide, is the ankle sprain. An estimated three million ankle sprains occur in the United States every year, which is enough for one out of...
by Andrew Bernhard, DPM | May 31, 2019 | General Foot Care
One of the more common foot and ankle fractures is that of the fifth metatarsal. The metatarsals are the bones which make up the majority of the foot and, as such, bear a lot of force from normal use. The fifth metatarsal is the bone directly behind the pinky toe and...
