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I am a Board Certified Foot and Ankle Surgeon specializing in Wound Care and Limb Salvage. I also provide state of of the art treatment for Peripheral Neuropathy as well Cryotherapy.
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Podiatry
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United States: Florida
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ankle: Touch on the actual bone of the ankle and if that is very painful then you definitely ne an x-ray. If it is below the bone then you can try to treat i... Read More
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A 53-year-old male asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Gout: Gout is a metabolic disease which manifests itself in the foot. Most common cause at your age is blood pressure medication. Second most common is al... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Gout: Try changing your diet to less meat, beer, wine and alcohol. Also add natural cherry juice to your diet.
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Charcot: Treatment of Charcot depends on the clinical presentation. If acute treatment is immobilization nonweight bearing until the swelling subsides. Chron... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Pain : Many causes, is it from an injury. If not when does it swell. Morning or evening. Any other joints swollen. These all have to be taken into conside... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ignore: Wear appropriately sized shoes, and obtain then in the afternoon because feet swell during the day.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Hypoglycemia: What type of food do you eat prior to exercising. If you eat too many carbs you may become hypoglycemia. Try eating more protein before and see if t... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ignore: Elevation of the legs and reduce salt intake in your diet.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Tingling: Tingling in the foot/feet has a lot of causes. If in one foot, it could be a neuroma or disc problem. If in both feet it could be neuropathy from me... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Foot drop: Foot drop is from an injury to a nerve. It has multiple causes and can be from trauma or from a multitude of medical conditions.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Insoles vs orthotics: Both can be effective. I personally on my patients use insoles with better shoes first before i fabricate orthotics due to cost..
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
ankle: Length depends on why the surgery was performed and what was discovered at the time of surgery. Perhaps a couple of weeks may help but if no improvem... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
orthotics: Orthotics are prescription devices used in the shoes to balance the foot. They specifically try to align the foot to the proper position to function ... Read More
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Ganglion: The lump may or may not be a ganglion. Most of the time it can be drained instead of removed. It is better to try conservative options first to avoi... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Gout: Shredded wheat doesn't usually cause gout. Usually meat, chocolate, beer and wine are the most common causes.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Foreign body: If it is still red, two possibilies are that there may be glass in the toe or that the infection is from a bacteria such as MRSA which may require a d... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
cuts: Keep moisture out and put an antifungal cream on it daily.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
flatfeet: Because both parents have flatfeet it probably is hereditary. Treatment at this point would be good supportive tennis shoes. At some point when more... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ignore: Soak and topical antibiotic, if you can try to remove a small portion of the nail corner.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
fungus: Possibly athletes foot for a quick simple answer. Try an antifungal first and if no improvement follow up with a podiatrist.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Foot Pain: This is not uncommon after an injection in the back. Give it a couple of weeks and see if it resolves. If not see your family doctor for follow up.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Nerve issue: If you are referring to you're calf and ankle please consider if perhaps you may a back issue. Does you're back hurt and does this radiate down the l... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Entrapment: Sometimes when the arthroscope is inserted into the ankle it may damage a nerve. If so give it time. If it doesn't go away perhaps a cortisone injec... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ankle pain: This is difficult to answer without more info. If it is on the inside of the ankle it could be posterior tibial tendonits. For that i would recommen... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Melanoma: This is a very serious skin cancer that needs immediate treatment. It is important to have a biopsy to confirm depth which then helps to determine tr... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
shoes: Tight shoes can cause pain and also accelerate certain foot deformities such a s bunions. Avoid if possible.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
surgery: Usually patients are put to sleep for this procedure because it be quite uncomfortable. That being said it could be performed with IV sedation and a... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ankle chips: I would give it several months to see if the problem resolves. Just because there are chips in there doesn't mean it will be symptomatic. If it cont... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
broken toe: Depends on the type of shoe, if it is a closed dress shoe perhaps six weeks, with athletic shoes four weeks. Don't use time as an indicator, when it ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Foot chiropractor: I am not sure if a chiropractor treats only feet. For a foot problem I would see a podiatrist.
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A female asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Contusion: If it all healed and nice signs of infection you may have a contusion of the bone. Try heat, compression and perhaps massage. It may take many month... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Ankle issues: Try buying an over the counter ankle brace such as swedo-o. Also to strengthen your ankle stand on you tippy toes, draw the alphabet with you toes a... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Fractures: Treatment depends on the location of the fracture. If in the metatarsals and toes a surgical shoe may work. If in a larger bone a boot cast is appro... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Swelling: Sometimes when the liver enzymes are elevated it can cause fluid retention thus resulting in swollen legs.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
sunburn: If you are sure it is sunburn induced then probably no damage would occure with running.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Infection: Soak the foot in epsom salts and put topical antibiotic for a day or two, if it is still has pus there may be some retained shell in you're foot so f... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Athletes foot: Athletes foot is contagious so treat it with otc antifungals such as lamisil (terbinafine). It may be coming from the toenails so an oral anti fungal... Read More
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A 57-year-old female asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Cramp: Cramping can be from positioning during sleep. Also from electrolyes, so try to eat a banana or raisins. In the morning stretch before you get out o... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Ignore: Pills work best but prevention is also equally as important.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Muscle tone: I don't think i would use this as a means of increasing tone because you could do more harm than good. Work out the back calf muscles with resistance... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Bruise: Sometimes after an injury the bruise changes color as it is reabsorbed.. New appearance that appears to be like an acute bruise could be continued da... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
How painful is it : If it is getting better with ice and heat and probably not. If you can walk without pain and I will probably improve. It may take a while for the brui... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Foot pain: Location, location, location. Where is the pain. Top or bottom. Type of pain etc.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
numbness: This doesn't sound like a normal cause of numbness. It could be coincidental to the ovarian cyst rupture. Numbness has many cause and requires a mor... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Growth: Without seeing the growth difficult to determine cause. Most common is warts. Picture is needed.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Swelling: This is not uncommon, try contrast baths and some compression from a otc ankle sleeve. It make take up to a year to get better and if fact if may be... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Brent Rubinanswered
Podiatry 43 years experience
Stripes: If all the nails have this it is probably not serious. If one nail has it, it might need to be looked at. Many medical conditions effect the toenail... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Fascitis: Stretch the calf muscles and planar fascie continuously. Shoes obviously play a major part of treatment. Cryotherapy is an alternative to treat the co... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Ignore: Oral medication works the best but try topical first if not that bad of a problem.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Podiatry 43 years experience
Smelly feet: This is call bromhydrosis and has many causes. The most common is excessive sweating. Sometimes diet has an effect. Try spraying you're feet with rig... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Rubin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Rubin is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thankyou.its not painful I can walk on it it still bruised.but not sor
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Heel injury 5 yrs ago & last month he crushed his forefoot, thxs
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thank you so much :)
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