Foot surgery or ankle surgery is often necessary to alleviate pain or correct deformities, such as bunions. Our Northwest Indiana foot surgeons have completed extensive training in foot and ankle surgery beyond the typical four years of podiatry school.
If you have a painful bunion, please consider making an appointment with one of our podiatrists — there is a reason why our podiatry practice has earned the “Best Podiatrist” award from the Post-Tribune and “Best of the Region” from the NWI Times repeatedly — in fact, ten times! Read patient reviews of our care by clicking here.
Incidentally, Dr. Nirenberg or “Dr. Mike” as patients call him, has helped law enforcement, including the FBI, on homicide cases involving foot-related evidence (such as footprints) and gait analysis. His foot and ankle expertise has been sought by numerous media, including USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, WBBM radio and FOX News (click here to read more news). To read Dr. Nirenberg’s CV click here.
Most of the foot surgery our foot surgeons do to correct toe, heel, foot or ankle problems are performed on an out-patient basis at local hospitals or surgical centers in Northwest Indiana. This means that when you have us do your foot surgery or your ankle surgery you get to go home the same day. Incidentally, most of our foot surgery or ankle surgery patients can walk the same day and usually experience minimal to no discomfort.
Dr. Nirenberg is a Fellow of the Association of Extremity Nerve Surgeons and has trained with the inventor of the HyProCure procedure to correct flateet, Dr. Michael Graham.
Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery Options
When a foot surgeon from Friendly Foot Care talks about foot surgery or ankle surgery, they are including everything from alleviating a painful ingrown toenail to bunion surgery to plantar fasciitis surgery to neuroma and hammertoe surgery, and nearly any foot surgery or ankle surgery in-between.
To make an appointment to learn more about foot surgery or ankle surgery (or heel surgery) at our Northwest Indiana podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Our Northwest Indiana podiatrist office treats people who need foot surgery or ankle surgery from Valparaiso, Crown Point, Merrillville, Schererville, Griffith, Dyer, Gary, Portage, St. John, Schererville, Highland, Lowell, Chesterton, Cedar Lake, Wheatfield, Hobart, Hammond, Munster, Lafayette, Michigan City, Kouts, East Chicago and Valparaiso, and Chicago! Call us today or make an appointment now – CLICK HERE!
Painless “Sedation” Foot Surgery & Ankle Surgery
Our foot surgeons know how much people hate needles and they will offer you the option of having “twilight” sleep sedation for a pain-free surgery experience. Other options our foot surgeons offer are general anesthesia or local anesthesia (where you are awake and our podiatrist will “numb” your foot or toe).
To make an appointment to have your feet and ankles evaluated by our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Personal Foot Surgery & Ankle Surgery Care
When you have toe, heel, foot surgery or ankle surgery by our foot surgeons, your podiatrist will call you the next day to check up on you. Our foot surgeons believe that doing a great surgery for patients is just one part of the process—our foot surgeons will be “with you” throughout your entire foot surgery, heel surgery, nerve surgery or ankle surgery healing process.
Additionally, our Northwest Indiana podiatry office uses state-of-the-art digital x-rays to evaluate your foot problem. Digital x-rays provide a superior x-ray image over conventional x-rays, while exposing you to less radiation (and digital x-rays are environmentally friendly too).
To make an appointment to have your feet and ankles evaluated by our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery Solutions
Foot surgery, heel surgery, nerve surgery and ankle surgery is very advanced these days. Whether our podiatrists are doing a simple ingrown toe nail surgery or removing a painful, unsightly bunion, the doctors offer you the latest hi-tech foot and ankle surgery methods, including:
- Laser Foot Surgery
- Arthroscopic Surgery (for ankle arthritis and other problems)
- Minimal Incision Foot & Ankle Surgery (minimally invasive foot surgery)
- Swiss Bunion Surgery Correction Technique
- Tightrope Bunion Surgery Correction or Tightrope Ankle Surgery
- Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
- Endoscopic Minimal Incision Plantar Fasciotomy (for plantar fasciitis heel pain)
- Joint Replacement Surgery
- Reconstructive Foot or Ankle Surgery
- Nerve decompression or nerve release surgery (for neuroma pain, neuropathy, tarsal tunnel syndrom and pinched nerve pain)
- HyProCure flatfoot procedure (addresses some types of flatfeet) for children and adults
- Fat Pad Augmentation for the bottom of the foot
- Lapidplasty bunion surgery (Lapidplasty procedure)
- Out-patient bunionectomy surgery
Common Foot & Ankle Problems That May Need Surgery
Our Northwest Indiana foot surgeons perform foot surgery (or toe surgery, heel surgery or ankle surgery) to correct a huge number of toe, heel, foot and ankle problems, but some problems are more common. The common foot and ankle problems our podiatric surgeons see include:
- Heel Pain and Arch Pain (Plantar Fasciitis)
- Ankle Pain (ankle arthritis, including osteoarthritis)
- Nerve Pain and Neuropathy
- Bunions (Bunion deformity)
- Heel Spur Syndrome (and Heel Spurs)
- Hammertoe or hammer toe (bent, painful toe; deformed toe)
- Numbness, Tingling, Cramping and Burning in the feet
- Neuroma (Morton’s Neuroma) and other nerve pain issues
- Corns and Callouses
- Fractures of the foot and ankle
- Tendon Tears (including Achilles Tendon and posterior tibial tendon)
- Ligament Ruptures of the foot and ankle
- Ulcers, Wounds and Infections (including diabetic infection)
- Lumps, Masses, Cysts (including ganglion cysts) and Lesions
- Arthritis, including Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Hammertoe or hammer toe (crooked toe) surgery
- Nerve decompression (neuroma, pinched nerve)
- Scar tissue or a keloid (painful scar or scar pain)
- Running injury of the foot or ankle
- Biopsy for possible cancer
- Soft Tissue, Skin Tag, Cyst, and Mass removal
- Hammertoe or hammer toe (crooked, sore toe, claw toe, mallet toe)
- Cancer/Melanoma
- Ankle Weakness (instability or ankles that “give out”)
- Pump Bump (Heel Pump or Haglund’s deformity)
- Flat Feet (fallen arches) – HyProCure procedure available
- High Arched Foot (Pes Cavus)
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome or other nerve problems
- Arthritis of the Big Toe (hallux rigidus)
- Ingrown Toe Nails
- Bone Spurs and Heel Spurs, Heel pain
- Fungal Nails (and other toe nail problems)
- Plantar Warts
- Foot & Ankle Arthritis (including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis)
- Bursitis of the foot or ankle
- Pinched Nerves or Nerve Entrapment, Nerve Pain
- Hammertoe, hammer toe and Claw toe or mallet toe deformity
- Tailor bunion or mini bunion
- Hammertoe surgery (hammertoes are bent, deformed toes)
- Sports injury of the foot or ankle
- Fat Pad Augmentation for the bottom of the foot
Hammertoe and Bunion Surgery with an Overlapping toe
Foot and ankle surgery is both an art and a science. Whether you have a painful hammertoe, corn, callous, unsightly and sore bunion, heel pain or ankle arthritis, our podiatrists may be able to help you – visit our Northwest Indiana office today!
Some people have more than one foot problem that may need surgery. The photo shows a woman who may need surgery for her bunion (the bump on the side of the foot) and also for the painful hammertoe (the bent toe).
In this case, the photo of the foot shows the second toe is actually overlapping the first toe. An overlapping toe deformity can be quite painful and often require surgery to alleviate the problem.
Our foot surgeons understand how important it is for you to have your heel, foot or ankle problem solved and have your foot looking as attractive as possible and they will work with you so you achieve the best possible result.
To make an appointment to have your feet and ankles evaluated by our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
Our Northwest Indiana award-winning podiatry experts provide expert heel surgery, foot surgery and ankle surgery solutions. If you need a podiatrist in Northwest Indiana or a podiatrist in Valparaiso, podiatrist in Highland, podiatrist in La Porte, or in Hammond, podiatrist in Schererville or in Michigan City, Schererville, Valparaiso, podiatrist in Gary, podiatrist in Dyer, Highland, podiatrist in Griffith, Lowell, Wheatfield, DeMotte, Rensselaer, Dyer, Lafayette, Hobart, Hammond, Munster call us today at (219)663-2273.
Additionally, our podiatrists utilize hi-technology, including:
- Digital x-rays to help evaluate your foot deformity or diagnose your foot or ankle problem rapidly. Digital x-rays provide superior detail over conventional x-rays and allow our doctors to carefully visualize the bone. Plus, our digital x-rays give off less radiation than ordinary x-rays — which helps keep our patients (and team members) safe!
- Computerized circulation testing to evaluate vascular or circulation problems. Circulation or PVD (or PAD) issues can occur in people of all ages, though our vascular testing may be most important for people with diabetes who require surgery.
- Diagnostic ultrasound to evaluate soft-tissue problems, such as cysts (ganglion cysts), masses or tumors quickly. Diagnostic ultrasound is less costly than an MRI and it can help our podiatrists understand your problem in just a few minutes. .
To see one of our foot surgeons, please call us at (219) 663-2273 or make an appointment online today by clicking here.
Broadwest Surgery Center
Broadwest Surgery Center is our Northwest Indiana podiatrist office main surgery center for most of our patients out-patient foot and ankle surgery procedures. Outpatient foot surgery is quite advanced and most patients are back home within a couple of hours. Broadwest Surgery Center is an Indiana-licensed, AAAHC-accredited outpatient surgery center that provides friendly, high-quality medical and podiatric care.
The center is conveniently located just minutes away from our office in Merrillville on 315 W. 89th Avenue. Dr. Nirenberg has helped work with the management and staff at Broadwest Surgery Center to improve our patients’ foot surgery experience at the surgery center.
In addition to Broadwest Surgery Center, our podiatrists are also affiliated with most of the areas hospitals as well. However, most of the smaller type foot and ankle surgery procedures our podiatrists routinely perform for patients, such as bunion surgery and hammertoe surgery, can easily be done on an out-patient basis at Broadwest Surgery Center or other out-patient facilities.
Finally, our Northwest Indiana podiatry practice has not been honored with “Best Podiatrist” and “Best of the Region” so many times for nothing. Please visit us to experience our attention to giving our patients (and you!) the most caring, friendly and thorough care… Quite simply, the BEST podiatry experience we can give you — the experience and care you deserve!
Our Northwest Indiana podiatrist office treats people from Valparaiso, Crown Point, Merrillville, Schererville, Griffith, Dyer, Gary, Portage, St. John, Schererville, Highland, Lowell, Chesterton, Cedar Lake, Wheatfield, Hobart, Hammond, or a podiatrist in Munster, Lafayette, Michigan City, Kouts, East Chicago and Valparaiso, and Chicago! Call us today or make an appointment now – CLICK HERE!
Low-Cost, Affordable Cash Price and Payment Plans for Foot & Ankle Surgery
If you do not have insurance or you are under-insured, or you have a high deductible and wish to pay cash for foot surgery or ankle surgery, we will work with you! We understand that not everyone has insurance and we offer an affordable, reduced cash fee, low-cost cash price (and payment plans) for heel surgery, toe surgery, foot surgery or ankle surgery.
Our low-cost cash foot surgery and ankle surgery fees for patients paying cash are reasonable, as are our payment plans, and we will work to get you in quickly and get your foot or ankle problem treated at a reasonable, low-cost cash price for heel, toe, foot or ankle surgery. We also partner with a local Indiana-licensed and accredited surgery center to keep foot and ankle surgery costs low for you.
If you need a low-cost, affordable cash price for heel, toe, foot or ankle surgery, please call our insurance/billing department today at (219)663-2273.
To make an appointment to have your feet and ankles evaluated by the friendly podiatrists at our award-winning podiatry office, please call us today at (219)663-2273 or make an appointment online by clicking here now.
To read about our Northwest Indiana podiatrist office, including our podiatrist Dr. Michael Nirenberg and our podiatrist Dr. Scott Keith please click here.
Our award winning podiatry practice is provides surgery solutions for toe, foot and ankle problems for people throughout Northwest Indiana, including Merrillville, Michigan City, La Porte, Winfield, Schererville, Valparaiso, Dyer, Portage, Gary, Dyer, Highland, St. John, Cedar Lake, Griffith, Lowell, Wheatfield, Michigan City, La Porte, DeMotte, Rensselaer, Roselawn, Hammond, Munster, Hobart, Kouts, Lafayette, Chesterton and East Chicago. If you are considering toe, heel, foot or ankle surgery, please call us at (219) 663-2273 to see one our foot surgeons or make an appointment online today.
