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Dr. Jason Armstrong

Podiatry
Houston, TX
25 years experience male

Locations

Foot & Ankle Centers of North Houston

Houston, TX

Address

17215 Red Oak Drive, Suite #102, Houston, TX, US
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My office hours

Friday: 8:00am - 12pm
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Practice website

Fax

(281) 444-7789

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Specialties
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Podiatry

Sports Medicine

Languages spoken

English

Doctor Q&A

87 Answers
27 Agrees
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
X legs: Orthotics - custom inserts for the shoes would help the torquing effect on your hips and knees. A good arch support stops the hips and knees from inte... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Os Trigonum: typicalky the surgery involves removing the piece of bone from the inside of a tendon- the Tibialis Posterior Tendon. The tendon needs 3-4 weeks to he... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Cold hands: could be a spasm of the arteries and veins - Raynaud's phenomenon. Need to get the blood circulating in your hands. Jumping jacks, wrist flexion and e... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Achilles' tendon: The Achilles' tendon is comprised of 4 tendons. The medial and lateral gastrocnemius, the plantaris tendon and the soleus tendon. It originates above ... Read More
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A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Exercise: Strength exercise- increasing weight with less reps (max sets). Resistance exercises--- cable machines constant weight throughout the reps and ex... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Ignore: Check between the toes and inside the shoes before you put them on. Do not perform "bathroom surgery.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Numbness: more likely from shoe gear irritation. The nerve on the top of the foot- deep peroneal nerve gets punched between shoes and the bones in the foot caus... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Hard cord: techs prob won't give you the hand device. Some may, depends on tech. Could be phlebitis of superficial vein-- lesser saphenous vein or calcified musc... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Spasms: More than likely they are muscle spasms under the skin. They can be caused from overuse, electrolyte issues - dehydration. Sometimes low calcium and m... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Achilles : yes. Usually the Achilles' tendon ruptures above the insertion to the heel. But higher tears are possible. Get an MRI and see a podiatrist or orthoped... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Transition: Yes. But more than likely he will get over it as you must do the same.
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A 44-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Numbness: Most likely its called a morton's neuroma. This is a pinched nerve between the knuckles of the foot just behind the toes that are involved. Usually th... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Energy drinks: Energy drinks are metabolic enhancers - speed up the metabolism. Mostly with caffeine it would depend on the pain medication but the effects would ... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Wound: Did the er give you a tetanus shot? Does sound more viral. At 29 your tetanus status should be current. Is the knife wound red, sore, tender, painf... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Pregnancy - RA: Good question. They say the best pain relief for RA in women is to be pregnant. With a miscarriage that can be difficult in itself to deal with. My... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Hockey stick: Damaged vocal cords, hyoid bone, or voice box area. Were x-rays done? Would recommend a good ENT - ear, nose and throat specialist in your area to hav... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Ignore: Check your feet daily. Clean between your toes. Do not cut toenails too short.
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A 19-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
PVD, PAD: i would not call an ABI of .93 borderline PVD (peripheral vascular disease). It is normal. If you divide the arm blood pressure by the ankle pressure ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Fibular fracture: possible. More than likely the fall caused the high fibulae fracture. Need X-rays to be sure or an MRI. Go see your podiatrist or foot and ankle dr.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
5th met base: the peroneal tendon attaches to the 5th met base area. In some severe ankle sprain cases the tendon can pull hard enough to fracture the bone- adulati... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Peroneal tendonitis: Most likely Peroneal Tendonitis. The tendons on the outside part of the leg. May be from over probation or bad shoes. Would recommend an arch support ... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Ignore: R.I.C.E. Rest, ice, compression and elevation. If you can walk, less likely it's broke. X-rays.
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A 52-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Bruise: typically 4-6 weeks. Maybe longer depending on the injury. Check with your primary physician or get c-Rays to rule out a broken bone- rib, hip, etc. t... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Lump: could be some of the hardware used to fixate the fracture backing out. Or as bone heals sometimes there are Spurs that form around the fracture sites.... Read More
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A 35-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Burning sensation: sometimes in ankle sprains the nerves that supply sensation to you feet and toes get stretched and can cause a transient burning sensation. Muscle/ te... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Liquid nitrogen: Hard to stock that stuff these days. For plantar warts it’s not very effective- cannot freeze deep enough Can use OTC products- compound W, wart away,... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Invasive: It’s a cartilage transplant procedure. It IS invasive, but rewarding
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Protein shakes: Yes. Just watch out for artificial sweeteners in some of them.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Fibromyalgia: Yes. Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome that can cause the nerve endings to fire and cause pain at any time. Underyling etiology is unknown.
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A 60-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Orthaheel: Yes. Better than other flip flops. Any support in the arch is better than none at all. Have your foot examined - if you have a very high arched foot t... Read More
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A 62-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Sore muscles: Myalgia.Sore muscles or inflammation of muscles. May be medication related - trazadone dehydration, electrolyte imbalance - calcium and magnesium. M... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
ACL: Yes. The water is inflammation in the knee joint - from the torn acl. Thing like a bakers cyst behind the knee or a torn knee joint capsule could caus... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Tendinitis: Ice or heat - depending on the time frame early or late. Ice is generally recommended early on for acute injuries - days to 1 week heat - later inju... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Get tested: Go to the er and get tested for std -sexually transmitted diseases. Or your pcp.
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A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Ossicles: There can be many reasons for calcifications in different areas of the body. Veins can calcify, tendons can calcify, ligamnets, etc. The leg calcifica... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Sore wrist: Head to the nearest er or dr office and have x-rays done to make sure nothing is broken can have trainers tape the wrist for cheering. Physical... Read More
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A 60-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Corn: What we think is a corn may be a wart, ipk, callus, or other skin condition. Some over the counter meds may help - be careful they have salicylic acid... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Tingling: Sounds more like bells palsy. Usually in the face. Could be shingles? - you are young less likely. Have you had chicken pox? Is the pain consta... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Gout: Need to be on an anti inflammatory medication also- Advil, alleve, or other. Bruising can be normal as swelling in the joint continued. Can take 2-3 w... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Peroneal subluxation: The surgery to re groove the fibula and possibly repair the tendon would require 4-6 weeks of healing and non weight bearing- no walking. Followed by ... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Blue green toe: the fact the toe changes color and returns to normal suggests maybe your shoes are too small and maybe bruising. If there is no pain, wouldn't worry t... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Phenol: ??? Phenol is the cauterizing agent that kills the root of the nail. Scar tissue from the procedure is a possibility. More than likely not enough of t... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Toenail: Ibuprofen, advil, (ibuprofen) alleve or just tylenol would not recommend any stronger meds as they can interact with the alcohol. Loosening the b... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Walking: Walking is the best exercise for swelling. Compression stockings.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Callus: Callus, wart, porokeratosis- plugged sweat gland. Or piezeogenic papule. Go see you podiatrist or a dermatologist and get it checked out.
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Fracture: Either. Fractures are best treated with some type of immobilization. The problem with a boot is it can be removed. They are nice as they can be remove... Read More
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A 16-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Moving ankles: spasms, electrolyte disturbances or " growing pains" try an anti inflammatory med before bed. Gatorade could help. Or stretch before you go to bed to ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Plantaris: not that I have ever read. But I have seen a lot of abnormal anatomy cases lately. Abnormal Nerve distribution, extra tendons, etc. so..... Any thing ... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Tail bone: rectal bleeding after trauma can be bad. Sphincter or rectal tear. Severe trauma can illicit stomach pains. Should get to your primary care dr asap
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A female asked:
Dr. Jason Armstrong
Podiatry 25 years experience
Red toe dots: its called chillblains. It is an allergic reaction to cold weather. Keep your hands and feet warm.
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Jun 28, 2018
My family have been patients of Dr Armstrong for more than 15 years and I can honestly say he is a very caring, knowledgeable, funny, pleasant, professional man.
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Armstrong is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Armstrong is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you SO MUCH. I just got health insurance and am awaiting the effective date. I gaunt appreciate your help ,sir.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Hadn't thought of the meds being a factor. Thanks. Will check it out
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Your answer was very helpful! Thanks :) lots of thanks dear dr.u really helped me..once more tbank u so mucb

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University,
Graduated 1998MD

Residency

KINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTER
Completed 2001

Affiliations

FACFAS, APMA, TPMA
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