Ankle and Foot Injuries & Pain

Injury Finder

“A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.”
Chris Neville, PT, PhD

Your feet and your ankles are complex mechanical structures that must work together to function at their optimal levels. You have 26 bones and more than 100 ligaments, muscles, and tendons in your feet, foot, and ankle which can cause pain as a result of many different factors. Ankle sprains are perhaps most common, along with Achilles tendinopathy and plantar fasciitis. The ankle joint replacement surgery has less optimistic outcomes than hip or knee surgeries. Our goal is to treat the cause and get you back on your feet.

“About 1/3 of the 30 million youth that plays sports in the US will sustain an ankle sprain”

Signs & Symptoms

Popping, clicking, or cracking sensation
Swelling, redness, or extreme tenderness
General joint pain
Pain that is worse before or after activity
Stiffness
Bony growths on areas of the toes or heel bone
Burning, numbness, or lack of feeling in your feet
Tingling in the foot

Conditions

Achilles Tendinitis
Ankle Fracture
Ankle Sprain
Bunions
Bursitis
Fractures
Gout
Heel Spurs
Metatarsalgia
Morton’s Neuroma
Muscle Strain
Osteoarthritis
Plantar Fasciitis
Rheumatoid Arthritis

Treatments

Biomechanical evaluation.
Patient education.
A customized treatment plan.
Gait and motion analysis.
Manual therapy to relax the muscles.
Joint mobilization techniques to decrease stiffness.
Pain relieving modalities such as dry needling
Stretching for tight muscles.
Walking retraining.
Balance exercises.
Shoe inserts (orthotic recommendations).

Testimonials

"Optimal Physical Therapy helped me by... working my painful calf muscle from where I couldn't walk up and downstairs to being pain-free and working out again within 2 months."

Tina

"Optimal Physical Therapy made me smile every day and helped me recover from my ankle injury!"

Roque

"Nagging Achilles problem for over nine months that hindered the quality of life, no tennis, no pickleball, no golf, no walking. Tried every self-help thing I could find but no improvement and it worsened. I started working with the Optimal staff in October 2021. The combination of simple stretching, deep tissue work, swimming pool exercises to the more complex dry needling has paid off. I am a happy camper today, January 1, 2022. Just played a round of golf and will be playing pickleball this afternoon. Thanks to the entire Optimal team."

Patrick Nadler

"Nagging Achilles problem for over nine months that hindered the quality of life, no tennis, no pickleball, no golf, nOptimal Physical Therapy helped me by healing my ankle and vastly improving my range of motion + enabling me to walk again. The staff is great! ."

Suzanne

"Optimal Physical Therapy has helped me tremendously. I went from struggling with knee and Achilles pain to no pain at all. They have helped me begin weight loss and I am looking forward to continued growth. Thank you so much! You are all so kind and encouraging to work with. You made a believer out of me when it comes to dry needling and continued strength exercises."

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