Podiatry

The dedicated team at ParCare Community Health Network house the best podiatric well-studied doctors devoted to the diagnosis, surgical, and medical treatment of disorders concerning the ankle, foot, and lower extremities such as tendons and muscles.
 

It is not uncommon for podiatric doctors to develop further expertise into full scope care and preservation of patients with diabetic foot, and can also perform partial amputations of the foot. Podiatry also includes the partial foot amputation as far as proximal with Chopart’s joint in an effort to prevent an even greater loss of the limb, or in severe cases, to prevent a full amputation or even life.

Podiatrists are unique in that they are only qualified to medically treat diseases related to the foot and ankle and are commonly found in professions such as sports medicine, dermatology, pediatrics, and diabetes, all of which involve a vast variety of treatments regarding foot care.

Mobility

Mobility designates exercises that will increase your range-of-motion and your stabilization, or control of the muscles that surround each joint, Wickham explains. Mobility isn’t the same as flexibility, though it is close.

Strength

Strength training or resistance training involves the performance of physical exercises which are designed to improve strength and endurance. It is often associated with the use of weights but can take a variety of different forms.

Posture

Good posture refers to the “three natural curves [that] are present in a healthy spine.”.It is also called neutral spine. Looking directly at the front or back of the body, the 33 vertebrae in the spinal column should appear completely vertical.

Marievic Ebora-Fernando, PT, DPT

Marty Antonio Fernando, PT, DPT