| Cryosurgery - Freeze Your Foot &
| |
| | percent in most patients", says Dr. Katz.
|
| Ankle Pain Away
| |
| | "As with any treatment, results will
|
| Advances in Cryoanalgesia for Foot and
| |
| | vary. However, most patients get
|
| Ankle Pain Relief
| |
| | significant relief with the Cryosurgery
|
| Foot and ankle pain has become an
| |
| | treatment. Some patients may require
|
| epidemic in our society. Diabetes,
| |
| | treatment of several nerve areas to get
|
| arthritis, weight gain, injuries and
| |
| | relief and may need the procedure
|
| other medical conditions are known
| |
| | repeated to gain additional relief."
|
| contributing factors. If you suffer from
| |
| | The latest more specialized Cryosurgery
|
| chronic foot and ankle pain, relief may
| |
| | procedure takes advanced skills and is
|
| be at your doorstep!
| |
| | more time-intensive, but allows for
|
| When people live with pain on a daily
| |
| | localization of the abnormal nerve using
|
| basis, they have difficulty performing
| |
| | a stimulator probe. Also, the area is
|
| simple daily activities. Some have
| |
| | checked for motor nerves. Those are the
|
| difficulty sleeping or simply walking.
| |
| | nerves that control muscle movement and
|
| This often leads to depression, weight
| |
| | should not be frozen for pain relief.
|
| gain and stress. The cycle continues,
| |
| | "It is a more exact and precise
|
| leading to further distress and life
| |
| | procedure, so there is little to no
|
| changes that are difficult. The
| |
| | guessing. When freezing the nerve, I am
|
| conditions worsen as people don't know
| |
| | more confident that the actual nerve is
|
| where to turn for relief.
| |
| | freezing and not just an area close to
|
| Cryoanalgesia, also known as Cryosurgery,
| |
| | the nerve", says Dr. Katz.
|
| has been used for almost 20 years to
| |
| | The Cryosurgery procedure sounds fairly
|
| relieve chronic foot and ankle pain by
| |
| | straightforward, but it's more than
|
| freezing the painful. Newly developed
| |
| | technique and technology. Another
|
| techniques and improvements in the
| |
| | important step in obtaining pain relief
|
| CryoStar technology have led to excellent
| |
| | and success involves the correct
|
| treatments for relief of pain.
| |
| | diagnosis and finding the source of the
|
| Dr. Marc Katz, a Tampa Podiatrist, has
| |
| | pain. This can be a challenge because
|
| performed hundreds of procedures for
| |
| | many patients have a hard time describing
|
| relief of foot and ankle pain. He has
| |
| | the type and location of their pain. The
|
| made it his goal to find a successful
| |
| | pain may also vary from day to day.
|
| treatment and has refined the procedure
| |
| | Specialized protocols are used to locate
|
| through extensive training, advanced
| |
| | the nerve causing the problem and to
|
| technology and experience. He found that
| |
| | diagnose and prove the painful condition
|
| many patients either lived with foot pain
| |
| | prior to performing any procedures. Dr
|
| or had multiple types of treatments from
| |
| | Katz believes that this extra step is
|
| many medical specialties with little to
| |
| | critical to good outcomes. "Spending
|
| no relief. Many people had been told
| |
| | individualized time with each patient
|
| that there was nothing else that could be
| |
| | makes a world of difference."
|
| done to provide them with relief.
| |
| | So what should my expectations be from
|
| So where do you turn when you can't get
| |
| | the Cryosurgery procedure?
|
| relief from chronic foot and ankle pain?
| |
| | The majority of patients get significant
|
| Cryosurgery!
| |
| | pain relief for at least 6-8 months. The
|
| The procedure is minimally invasive and
| |
| | relief can be long-lasting if the
|
| takes 15-30 minutes. During a typical
| |
| | underlying problem that initially caused
|
| in-office procedure, local anesthetic is
| |
| | the pain is treated. Not all patients
|
| used so that the cryoprobe can be
| |
| | treated with Cryosurgery will get relief.
|
| introduced without discomfort. The probe
| |
| | Some may require more than one treatment
|
| is inserted through a small skin opening
| |
| | and others may not get relief at all.
|
| which will require no sutures. The
| |
| | Also, after treating an area there may be
|
| doctor uses a stimulator to locate the
| |
| | numbness that can be long-lasting. Other
|
| nerve. The freeze cycles are then
| |
| | previously unidentified pain areas may
|
| initiated to give long-term pain relief
| |
| | become more apparent after pain relief in
|
| and produce an anesthetic effect.
| |
| | another area. In those cases, the other
|
| The patient may perform most of their
| |
| | involved nerves can also be treated.
|
| regular tasks immediately, however . they
| |
| | Complications are rare, however with any
|
| are advised to decrease their normal
| |
| | procedure, they can occur. This should
|
| level of activity over the first 48
| |
| | be discussed with your Cryosurgeon prior
|
| hours. Postoperative discomfort is
| |
| | to the procedure.
|
| minimal.
| |
| | So don't give up, Cryosurgery may be the
|
| In some cases more than one treatment is
| |
| | answer for relief of your painful foot
|
| needed to obtain optimal results.
| |
| | and ankle problems.
|
| "Success rates have been around 80
| |
| |
|
