Services

Heel Pain

Heel pain can strike at any age and stem from a variety of causes. While the most common source of heel pain tends to be plantar fasciitis, others such as heel spurs, stress fractures, and tendinitis may also be at play.

Once the cause of a patient’s heel pain is determined, we take an aggressive approach toward helping them find relief quickly. Treatment options may include simple rest, night splints, orthotics, shockwave (EPAT) therapy, cortisone injections, or PRP injections.

Bunions

If you have been reluctant to see a doctor about your painful bunions due to the fear they will need surgery, don’t be! A great number of bunion cases can be managed through conservative means to help relieve discomfort and slow the progression of that bony bump along the side of your foot.

The sooner a bunion starts to be addressed, the better the overall results will be. Surgery is only considered as an option if other methods will not provide desired results. The foot doctors at our Nashua and Portsmouth locations will be sure to discuss these options with you completely.

Sports Injuries

Whether you’re a seasoned athlete or a “weekend warrior,” nobody is fully immune to sports injuries. This type of injury can range from accidental fractures and sprains to overuse injuries such as tendinitis and shin splints.

Treatment for a sports injury to the foot or ankle often includes rest and physical therapy. We won’t just place you on the sideline; we will also help you build an alternative exercise plan that will help you get back into the game at full strength, as well as suggest means to help prevent such injuries from happening again.

Achilles Tendonitis

The Achilles tendon is strong, but can be a source of plenty of pain and trouble when it becomes inflamed. While Achilles tendonitis can be the result of a sports injury, it can also arise from the consequences of daily work and life.

Treatment for Achilles tendonitis may involve the use of custom-made orthotics to help redistribute the body’s weight, lifestyle changes that involve stretching and lower-impact exercises, or advanced treatments such as laser therapy.

Flat Feet

Flat feet are most often the result of inheritance. If one or both of your parents have flat feet, you are more likely to as well.

There are times when flat feet are not a concern. In some cases, however, this abnormal foot structure and the gait it may cause can lead to pain and inflammation in the foot, ankle, or lower leg.

Orthotics can provide a great help in redistributing the weight and forces that may be causing pain from flat feet. Physical therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, and icing may also be recommended.

Neuromas

If you feel that you might have a pebble in the front of your shoe, it might be a neuroma. This benign growth of nerve tissue is the result of the nerves responding to irritation, but unfortunately tends to lead only to more pain and irritation from the sufferer.

The primary neuromas treatment  involves lessening the irritation of the nerve tissue, and may involve lifestyle changes (such as roomier footwear) or orthotics. Corticosteroid injections may also be recommended to reduce swelling.

Skin & Nail Conditions

We often are exposing our feet to the dark, semi-damp and enclosed environment of shoes for the majority of the day, and with that can come a whole host of skin and nail conditions, including painful ingrown toenails. Even when our feet come out and we allow them to be free, they’re still on the front lines against the world, potentially coming into contact with pathogens and other harmful objects, such as wall corners and table legs. Unsurprisingly, ingrown toenails, plantar warts, and many other skin and nail conditions can easily develop due to such environmental factors.

Fortunately, ingrown toenail treatment, plantar wart treatment, and many other skin and nail treatments are available here at our Portsmouth or Nashua offices, providing you with a much better solution for your issues than trying to remedy them at home. Any of our podiatrists would be more than happy to help alleviate your skin and nail issues, and also provide advice about general foot care tips for continued good health.

Child Foot Care

At Northeast Foot and Ankle, we provide treatment for foot and ankle issues for patients of all ages, including children. Our doctors are pediatric foot care specialists.
When it comes to children’s foot care, we find that some issues are more common than others. By understanding the common child foot injuries and conditions, you can easily recognize when your son or daughter needs medical care.

Hopefully, your children can stay safe, healthy, and pain-free, but please know that the pediatric foot care experts at our Portsmouth and Nashua locations provide effective, gentle treatments for our young patients.

Custom Orthotics

Are you struggling with chronic foot pain every day? Or what about discomfort that spikes when you participate in certain activities you enjoy?

Quite often, chronic foot pain—and even deformities like bunions or hammertoes—are at least partially the result of feet and ankles that are out of alignment. But the good news is that, in most cases, the right pair of orthotics can provide your feet with the support, cushioning, and repositioning necessary to counteract the effect.

We prescribe orthotics to our local patients that visit our Portsmouth or Nashua offices almost every day. They are among the best tools we have at our disposal to help you manage foot pain successfully over the long term, including heel pain, arch pain, tendinitis, sports injuries, and more. In many cases, the right set of custom orthotics can even help you relieve knee, hip, and lower back pain, too!

Fractures & Sprains

For an active person, there’s no worse feeling in the world than a sudden foot or ankle fracture or sprain. One second you’re having a great day. The next? Not so much.

Foot and Ankle Fractures and Sprains are especially common for a couple of reasons. One is that your feet are under a ton of strain whenever you run, jump, change directions, or even just stand and walk. The other is that they’re extremely complex, with more than 50 bones and well over 100 combined muscles, tendons, and ligaments between them—all working together in harmony. In other words, there are a lot of places where things can go wrong!

Advanced Treatments

When it comes to providing our patients with the absolute highest quality of care, our years of experience and dedication to listening, understanding, and personalizing our recommendations go a long way.

But in order to truly stand out, you also need to have the right tools. At Northeast Foot and Ankle, we are proud to offer the Portsmouth and Nashua area some of the most advanced, effective, and evidenced-based treatment technologies currently available for foot and ankle care. You deserve the best, and that’s what we always strive to provide.

Read on to learn more about some of the advanced services and therapies we provide.

Ingrown Toenails

Good skin and nail care is an important element for overall health, but it can be somewhat more challenging for our feet.
Just think about it. We often force our feet into the dark, enclosed, semi-damp environment of shoes for much of the day. But even when we allow them to be free, they’re still on the front lines against the world, potentially coming into contact with pathogens and other harmful substances (such as coffee table legs).

It’s not an ideal world for our toenails and the skin of our feet, and problems can and often do develop. Among these can be pesky conditions such as ingrown toenails and warts. Just about everyone will experience one of these conditions at least once in their lifetime.

While these conditions can sometimes be taken care of at home, the professional help of a podiatrist can make for an easier experience. There are also certain situations when it’s definitely best to come see us for help!

Plantar Warts

Many people needlessly suffer from plantar warts because they don’t know where to turn or are too embarrassed to talk about these painful, often unsightly lesions. The good news is that foot warts are both preventable and treatable.

Our team is uniquely equipped and qualified to diagnose and treat plantar warts. From laser therapy and microwave therapy, to surgical excision and topical medications, we offer a variety of effective treatment options at both our offices in Portsmouth and Nashua, New Hampshire.