Please Help!!! I live in Tahoe and got your name from a patient raving about you helped fix his foot. I was hoping that I would google your name and find your office was close to where I live. I saw that you are located in San Diego. I dont know if you can still help me or refer me to someone clos [...]
Hey Dr. Allen I Am 22 years old and an avid runner. I thought I'd have chronic foot and toe pain forever-- it got worse and worse over time. Had a Doctor diagnose it as a plantar plate tear. Pain getting worse each day. Pain never really changes. Some doctors are telling me surgery. Please tell me [...]
Here is a real email I recently received from a patient in another state who reached out to me because his doctor want to operate on him even though he admits he does not know what is causing the patients symptoms. But before you read the email take a minute and read the below paragraph as it perta [...]
What is Sesamoiditis? There are 2 sesamoid bones beneath your big toe. These 2 bones function as a lever so that you can generate more force when you push off your toe as in running. The sesamoids are attached to the flexor tendons in your foot. These tendons transmit force which allows you to pr [...]
Plantar Plate tears are an often overlooked and misdiagnosed sports injury. We assume competence in our doctors ability to critically think and accurately diagnose are condition. In this case not only did the doctor misdiagnose the torn plantar plate but missed 2 stress fractures in this patients [...]
