Dr. Tushar Mehta

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  • Steenbeek Foot Abduction Brace

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    #SteenbeekFootAbductionBrace ( SFAB ) – The SFAB is a device to maintain the extreme foot abduction (70 degrees) in children with treated clubfeet. – The SFAB forms an integral part of the Ponseti Method of Clubfoot Treatment, which targets new born babies with clubfeet. – Correction of the clubfoot is achieved by applying serial casts of…

  • Feet meant for Shoes !

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    Interdigital Neuroma –> The only proven risk factor for development of an interdigital neuroma is female gender, which likely is related to the use of fashionable shoes that force plantar flexion of the metatarsal heads and secondary hyperdorsiflexion of the metatarsophalangeal joints.