Dr. Alijani is specialized in treatment of:
Wounds
At Alijani DPM, we specialize in providing comprehensive wound care services to address chronic wounds and foot ulcers, ensuring optimal healing and improved quality of life. Our expertise covers a wide range of conditions, including diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, pressure ulcers, arterial ulcers, and post-surgical wounds.
We employ advanced wound care techniques such as debridement, infection control, moist wound healing, and offloading to promote effective and efficient healing. Additionally, we utilize advanced grafting techniques and skin substitutes to treat stubborn or slow-healing wounds.
Our personalized care plans are tailored to meet the unique needs of each patient, focusing on both effective wound healing and the prevention of future complications. At Alijani DPM, you can trust that our expertise in complex wound management, coupled with the use of advanced technologies and compassionate care, will provide you with the best possible outcomes.
Achilles tendinitis, also known as achilles tendinopathy, occurs when the Achilles tendon, found at the back of the ankle, becomes sore. Achilles tendinopathy is accompanied by alterations in the tendon’s structure and mechanical properties.[2] The most common symptoms are pain and swelling around the affected tendon.[1] The pain is typically worse at the start of exercise and decreases thereafter.[3] Stiffness of the ankle may also be present.[2] Onset is generally gradual.[1]
Achilles tendon rupture is when the Achilles tendon, at the back of the ankle, breaks.[5] Symptoms include the sudden onset of sharp pain in the heel.[3] A snapping sound may be heard as the tendon breaks and walking becomes difficult.[4] Rupture typically occurs as a result of a sudden bending up of the foot when the calf muscle is engaged, direct trauma, or long-standing tendonitis.[4][5] Other risk factors include the use of fluoroquinolones, a significant change in exercise, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, or corticosteroid use.[1][5] Diagnosis is typically based on symptoms and examination and supported by medical imaging.[5]
An ankle fracture is a break of one or more of the bones that make up the ankle joint.[1] Symptoms may include pain, swelling, bruising, and an inability to walk on the injured leg.[1]Complications may include an associated high ankle sprain, compartment syndrome, stiffness, malunion, and post-traumatic arthritis.[1][2]Ankle fractures may result from excessive stress on the joint such as from rolling an ankle or from blunt trauma.[1][2] Types of ankle fractures include lateral malleolus, medial malleolus, posterior malleolus, bimalleolar, and trimalleolar fractures.[1] The Ottawa ankle rule can help determine the need for X-rays.[2] Special X-ray views called stress views help determine whether an ankle fracture is unstable.
A bunion, also known as hallux valgus, is a deformity of the joint connecting the big toe to the foot.[2] The big toe often bends towards the other toes and the joint becomes red and painful.[2] The onset of bunions is typically gradual.[2] Complications may include bursitis or arthritis.[2]The exact cause is unclear.[1] Proposed factors include wearing overly tight shoes, high-heeled shoes, family history, and rheumatoid arthritis.[2][3] Diagnosis is generally based on symptoms and supported by X-rays.[2] A similar condition of the little toe is referred to as a bunionette.[2]
A diabetic foot is any pathology that results directly from peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and/or sensory neuropathy affecting the feet in diabetes mellitus; it is a long-term (or “chronic”) complication of diabetes mellitus.[1][2] Presence of several characteristic diabetic foot pathologies such as infection, diabetic foot ulcer and neuropathic osteoarthropathy is called diabetic foot syndrome. The resulting bone deformity is known as Charcot foot.
Morton’s neuroma is a benign neuroma of an intermetatarsal plantar nerve, most commonly of the second and third intermetatarsal spaces (between the second/third and third/fourth metatarsal heads; the first is of the big toe), which results in the entrapment of the affected nerve. The main symptoms are pain and/or numbness, sometimes relieved by ceasing to wear footwear with tight toe boxes and high heels (which have been linked to the condition).[2] The condition is named after Thomas George Morton, though it was first correctly described by a chiropodist named Durlacher.[3][4]
An ingrown nail, also known as onychocryptosis from Greek: ὄνυξ (onyx) ‘nail’ and κρυπτός (kryptos) ‘hidden’, is a common form of nail disease. It is an often painful condition in which the nail grows so that it cuts into one or both sides of the paronychium or nail bed. While ingrown nails can occur in the nails of both the hands and the feet, they occur most commonly with the toenails (as opposed to fingernails), and for the most part are only problematic and painful on the big toe.
