Foot and Ankle ConditionsMr Jari is a sub-specialty trained Lower Limb Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Surgeon. He routinely treats patients (and athletes) with problems of the foot and ankle including:
- Bunion deformities of the feet
- Big toe pain and/or stiffness
- Arthritis of the big and lesser toes
- Morton's Neuromas (pins & needles in the toes)
- Ankle pain
- Ankle ligament sprains and tears causing giving way of the ankle
- Achilles tendonitis (calf / heel pain)
- Plantar fascitis (heel pain in the sole of the foot)
- Subluxing peroneal tendons (snapping of tendons on the outer side of the ankle after an injury/sprain causing the tendons to flick over the bone due to a tear of the restraining ligament)
Some of the common procedures performed on the foot and ankle include:
- Arthroscopy (key-hole surgery) of the ankle and big toe
- Correction of bunions
- Ligament reconstructions
- Hyaluronic acid injections into joints (ankle, big toe)
- Injections for tendonitis
- Cortisone injection
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