Foot Surgery and Foot Medicine of the 21st Century

Traditional medicine and surgery for the foot and ankle is changing to now incorporate alternative approaches to treatment. Now some foot conditions that only were treated with conservative treatment or surgery can now be treated with shockwave, platelet rich. plasma and bone marrow aspirate injections. Ask Dr Greg Brockbank, a foot surgeon in Draper Utah and foot physician in Draper Utah if these conditions may help your foot ailment

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