Are You Suffering from Heel Pain?
How your integrative podiatrist in New Orleans and Metairie, LA, can help with heel pain.
Is heel pain slowing you down and disrupting your quality of life? Fortunately, if you suffer heel pain, our podiatrist can provide you with several viable conservative treatment options.
Dr. Edward Lang, DPM, chief podiatric surgeon and functional podiatrist at New Orleans Podiatry Associates provides comprehensive foot and ankle services, including effective, conservative heel pain therapies. He has two offices in New Orleans, and Metairie, LA, for your convenience.
Dr. Lang is a student at the Stanford Center for Health Education where he is currently studying nutrition science. Dr. Lang incorporates an ancestral diet and lifestyle approach in his practice which is aimed to bring optimal foot health through overall, optimal health.
If you are experiencing heel pain, it’s time to see your podiatrist. The sooner you seek treatment, the better your odds of achieving a positive outcome. Dr. Edward Lang’s heel pain treatments include:
Evaluation of patient’s shod-wear to rule out shoes as origin of pain
Evaluation of patient’s diet to pinpoint causes of inflammation ( one of the first places inflammation often appears is in the feet and lower extremities)
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)
High power cold laser/low light laser therapy
Prescription-strength anti-inflammatory medication to decrease swelling and pain
Foot and ankle exercises to restore function to plantar fascia
Image-guided corticoid therapy
Custom-crafted orthotics
Surgery; a last resort option for chronic, non-responsive plantar fasciitis
If you have heel pain, you don’t have to suffer. To learn more about the causes and treatment of heel pain and how your integrative podiatrist can help, call Dr. Edward Lang, DPM at New Orleans Podiatry Associates. You can reach him in New Orleans, LA by calling (504) 897-3627, or in the Metairie, LA, office by calling (504) 457-2300. The NOPA team is available on their patient communication platform by texting 650-405-0442. Text patient services 7 days per week from 7:00 am - 9:00 pm and make your appointment, today.