Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about Freiberg’s Disease, also known as Freiberg infraction, a fairly common source of forefoot pain. They discuss what causes this pain and what they see clinically. They also talk about the conservative and surgical treatments.

QUOTES: 

“Once this joint goes, they’re painful until you do something about it.” - Dr. Damien Dauphinee [06:23]

“There’s a big push on flexible shoe gear right now, where these slip on type shoes, and they show in the commercials where you can bend and fold them and stuff them into your pocket. Horrible for your feet.” - Dr. Raafae Hussain [08:49]

Top Takeaways:

• What is Freiberg’s Disease and what do the Pod Docs see clinically?
• The Smillie classification for Freiberg disease
• What causes this problem?
• Conservative therapy and surgical treatment options
• What is recovery like after treatment?

What You Will Learn:

• [00:40] Intro
• [02:00] What is Freiberg’s Disease
• [02:35] What they see clinically
• [05:13] Smillie classification for Freiberg’s disease
• [07:03] What causes this problem
• [08:00] Conservative therapy
• [10:26] Surgical treatment
• [22:31] Recovery after treatment
• [23:24] Outro

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Book Mentioned: Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Advanced Treatments for Preventing Amputations in Diabetic Populations by Dr. Damien Dauphinee