Identifying the Need for Foot Arthritis Surgery
When conservative treatments like custom orthotics, bracing, and injections no longer relieve severe joint pain, foot arthritis surgery becomes the definitive solution. You may experience a constant grinding sensation, severe bone on bone pain, or visible joint deformities that make walking even short distances excruciating.
This advanced degeneration limits your daily life and forces you to alter your gait, which can cause secondary pain in your knees and lower back. A specialized surgical evaluation at Chicago Foot Care Clinic is necessary to permanently restore your mobility and eliminate chronic pain.
Understanding Surgical Correction for Arthritis
Severe foot arthritis permanently destroys the protective cartilage between your bones, leading to chronic friction, internal inflammation, and restrictive bone spur formation. At this advanced stage, non surgical therapies can only mask the symptoms rather than fix the underlying structural damage.
Surgical correction addresses this structural failure by removing painful bone spurs, realigning the joint architecture, or stabilizing the joint permanently. Understanding the exact level of your joint damage allows us to choose the precise surgical method to rebuild a stable, pain free foundation for your foot.
Our Treatment Approach
- Hindfoot and ankle realignment. This kind of procedure is usually prescribed when there is significant instability resulting in a patient being unable to walk. Various types of internal fixation are placed within the foot during this kind of procedures.
- Midfoot realignment. This kind of procedure is usually prescribed when there is significant instability of the middle portion of the foot. During a midfoot realignment, various types of internal fixation are placed within the foot.
- Ostectomy – in which a portion of bone is removed from the bottom of the foot. This procedure is usually performed for a wound on the bottom of the foot that is secondary to pressure from a bony prominence.
Why Trust Chicago Foot Care Clinic for Arthritis Surgery
Chicago Foot Care Clinic is a leading destination for advanced reconstructive foot surgery and joint preservation. Dr. Thimesch utilizes decades of surgical experience and high end technology to deliver long term structural correction for complex arthritic conditions. With locations in Chicago, Gurnee, and Fox Lake, we provide a professional and inclusive environment tailored to your specific recovery goals.
Our team is dedicated to providing results oriented surgical care that eliminates joint pain and helps you live a life without physical limits.
