picture and x-ray of arthritic feet.
Arthritis is a inflammatory disease of the joints. The foot has 33 joints and thus there is a lot of room for arthritis to develop! Some of the most common areas that we see arthritis in the foot are the big toe joint, ankle joint and midfoot joints. An x-ray will be taken at your appointment to access the amount of arthritis in the joints. Conservative treatment of arthritis to the foot and ankle can consist of bracing, orthotics, NSAIDs, steroid injections or topical medications. Sometimes conservative therapy is not enough and surgical intervention is need to alleviate the pain from arthritis in the foot.