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For more than a decade, Dr. Verville of RNV Podiatry in Frisco has been providing her patients with high-quality care for problems associated with the feet and ankles. In fact, she has performed more than 1,500 elective and traumatic surgical foot and ankle procedures. She is known for her kind, relational bedside manner, and for providing results that change lives. If you’ve been having pain...
With nearly 30 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes, foot care for diabetic patients is truly vital to their overall well-being. That’s why it’s so important that Frisco patients with diabetes understand the importance of regular visits to a foot doctor like Dr. Verville of RNV Podiatry. After all, your feet provide the foundation on which you stand, walk, and run. If your diabetes causes foot...
Every year, board-certified podiatrist Dr. Verville of RNV Podiatry helps hundreds of Frisco patients with bunion treatment. This foot condition is most often the result of an inherited foot condition, but other causes of bunions include consistently wearing tight shoes that put stress on the toes, medical conditions such as arthritis, and foot injuries that put stress on the front of the foot. Bunions develop...
At RNV Podiatry in Frisco, Dr. Verville works diligently to develop strong relationships with each and every that patient she sees—no matter the condition they’re suffering from. With more than 1,500 elective and traumatic foot and ankle surgeries performed throughout her career, Dr. Verville has developed a reputation as a trustworthy practitioner, providing life-changing results for the patients she serves. If you’re suffering from pain...
Frisco residents literally use their feet with every step they take. Given that fact, it’s actually pretty incredible that our feet don’t get injured more often than they do! However, some people are more likely than others to experience recurring foot injuries and seem to always be in their foot doctor’s office for yet another examination and diagnosis. Here are some common reasons why you...
If you’ve been diagnosed by Frisco podiatrist Dr. Verville with plantar fasciitis, you may be wondering why the discomfort associated with the condition is worse in the morning. After all, you’d think a good night’s rest might be just what the doctor ordered, right? However, as many who are diagnosed with this condition know, the first few steps they take after getting out of bed are the hardest they take all day long. The reason, podiatrists believe, is because the plantar fascia ligament has been inactive all night long while you’ve been sleeping.
There’s really no one-size-fits-all recovery time period for rehabbing an injured ankle. Because sprains are categorized by degrees of the injury, you need to look for milestones that you’ve hit in your recovery journey to begin and to step up rehabbing exercises before you are fully healed from your ankle injury. Here’s a timeline of milestones you should aim for during your recovery process.
If you’ve been diagnosed with a sprained ankle by Frisco podiatrist Dr. Verville, she’ll likely prescribe you some rehab exercises to do. The exact start date of when you should begin exercising your injured ankle will depend on the degree of sprain your have. But generally speaking, the type of exercises you’ll need to do to get back into tip-top shape will be calf stretches, heel stretches, leg strengthening exercises, and balance exercises.
As podiatrist Dr. Verville tells her local patients, you always need to wear proper, supportive shoes to promote good foot health and to have a healthy Achilles tendon. When it comes to finding shoes that properly support the feet, the type of shoe typically falls into two categories: fitness and fashion. Here’s an overview of why wearing the right shoes both when playing sports and running, or having a fun night out on the town, is important to prevent a common foot injury, Achilles tendonitis.
