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Stephen L. Barrett, DPM, FACFAS, MBA, FAENS, CWS

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01/26/2016
While heel pain is a very common condition, there are a variety of possible etiologies. With this in mind, this author discusses current anatomical and biomechanical insights, key considerations with degeneration in the plantar fascia and how...
While heel pain is a very common condition, there are a variety of possible etiologies. With this in mind, this author discusses current anatomical and biomechanical insights, key considerations with degeneration in the plantar fascia and how...
While heel pain is a very common...
01/26/2016
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12/31/2014
“Is it going to hurt?” I asked while semi-distracted by the glint of the needle illuminated by the fluorescent lights of the sterile room. The drop of the mixture formed a visible meniscus at the interface of the sharp bevel. I focused more...
“Is it going to hurt?” I asked while semi-distracted by the glint of the needle illuminated by the fluorescent lights of the sterile room. The drop of the mixture formed a visible meniscus at the interface of the sharp bevel. I focused more...
“Is it going to hurt?” I asked...
12/31/2014
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05/11/2012
I had a very interesting patient come in last month. Sadly, she was in an automobile accident about four years ago, which resulted in an intracranial bleed. She ended up with severe vertigo and loss of strength on her left side. The car hit...
I had a very interesting patient come in last month. Sadly, she was in an automobile accident about four years ago, which resulted in an intracranial bleed. She ended up with severe vertigo and loss of strength on her left side. The car hit...
I had a very interesting patient...
05/11/2012
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03/01/2017
My man, Chamberlain, never ceases to amaze me with his broad knowledge base. This English dude seems to know something about everything. Maybe that’s what happens when you punt a hectic clinical practice and become a bartender. It opens up...
My man, Chamberlain, never ceases to amaze me with his broad knowledge base. This English dude seems to know something about everything. Maybe that’s what happens when you punt a hectic clinical practice and become a bartender. It opens up...
My man, Chamberlain, never...
03/01/2017
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02/06/2014
His words were accentuated by the visible condensate with each exhale. An accretion of ice was already present on his thick, walrus-like mustache and building. It was cold. Damn cold. Chicago is cold in the winter and this one was a real...
His words were accentuated by the visible condensate with each exhale. An accretion of ice was already present on his thick, walrus-like mustache and building. It was cold. Damn cold. Chicago is cold in the winter and this one was a real...
His words were accentuated by...
02/06/2014
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06/20/2011
I am seeing too many drug injection injuries of the tibial nerve at the level of the tarsal tunnel, especially in very young patients. If you do inject steroids into the tarsal tunnel for tarsal tunnel syndrome, I have to ask a simple...
I am seeing too many drug injection injuries of the tibial nerve at the level of the tarsal tunnel, especially in very young patients. If you do inject steroids into the tarsal tunnel for tarsal tunnel syndrome, I have to ask a simple...
I am seeing too many drug...
06/20/2011
Podiatry Today
10/29/2008
Although equinus has been recognized for centuries, are podiatrists failing to consider it as a possible contributing factor in heel pain cases? In a provocative article, these authors combine their insights with a review of the literature...
Although equinus has been recognized for centuries, are podiatrists failing to consider it as a possible contributing factor in heel pain cases? In a provocative article, these authors combine their insights with a review of the literature...
Although equinus has been...
10/29/2008
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11/06/2015
It was a hot, steamy night in the Big Easy and I was feeling good. I had just gotten my pass to the hottest new club, the Metrix. It was very swanky. Just to get in the joint, you had to dress in black tie, grease the palms of the bouncers at...
It was a hot, steamy night in the Big Easy and I was feeling good. I had just gotten my pass to the hottest new club, the Metrix. It was very swanky. Just to get in the joint, you had to dress in black tie, grease the palms of the bouncers at...
It was a hot, steamy night in...
11/06/2015
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03/14/2013
Tossing and turning, trying to decide if I was dreaming or truly awake in a seemingly restless, endless fog, I knew, or at least I thought, that I was watching a trial of some sort on the TV. It was not ESPN, but DSPN, the new network that...
Tossing and turning, trying to decide if I was dreaming or truly awake in a seemingly restless, endless fog, I knew, or at least I thought, that I was watching a trial of some sort on the TV. It was not ESPN, but DSPN, the new network that...
Tossing and turning, trying to...
03/14/2013
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06/16/2010
As I was cruising to my office one morning at 9,500 feet above sea level, overflying the spectacular red rocks of Sedona, Ariz., an epiphany occurred for this month’s blog. The air was glassy smooth, virtually no traffic was on the radios and...
As I was cruising to my office one morning at 9,500 feet above sea level, overflying the spectacular red rocks of Sedona, Ariz., an epiphany occurred for this month’s blog. The air was glassy smooth, virtually no traffic was on the radios and...
As I was cruising to my office...
06/16/2010
Podiatry Today