Update 11/1/2018: APMA celebrated another major advocacy win today as CMS released the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule. The final rule did not include the originally proposed podiatry-specific E/M…
Seattle Foot and Ankle Center - J. John Hoy DPM PS Posts
South Carolina. On May 17, 2018, South Carolina signed into law H 3622, an updated podiatry scope-of-practice act to allow doctors of podiatric medicine to medically and surgically treat the ankle, and…
We are appreciative of the gifts that we receive from patients and from staff. Ava presented Dr. Hoy with an icon of St. Luke and a patient presented us with…
We celebrated Ava’s birthday with lunch at Tribeca Restaurant near the office, and took part in the Greater Seattle Business Association‘s annual Seattle harbor cruise. It was a great celebration…
Recently I have had resistance from patients when it comes to custom orthotic therapy. One expressed to me that he would rather perform exercises to help his pronation. He felt…
OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE FOOT AND ANKLE What Is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis is a condition characterized by the breakdown and eventual loss of cartilage in one or more joints. Cartilage—the connective tissue…
People with diabetes are prone to many foot problems, often because of two complications of diabetes: nerve damage (neuropathy) and poor blood circulation. Neuropathy causes loss of feeling in your feet,…
One of the most common areas of foot pain is in the ball of the foot. This is an area that bears the weight of the body when you walk.…
One of the most common questions we receive from patients is: 1) whether there are exercises they can do for certain foot deformities such as bunions, hammertoes and flat feet,…