Scope of Practice | Diagnostics | Treatments
Scope of Practice
Dr. Tagaloa-Tulifau is a podiatrist trained to work with foot and ankle problems. Although she has a strong background in surgical treatments for all foot and ankle problems, it is her philosophy that in the best interest of the patient conservative treatments should be tried first before any surgical intervention is considered.
Common foot and ankle needs addressed at our practice:
- Diabetic foot care
- Sports medicine
- Hammertoe deformity
- Bunion deformity
- Heel pain
- Fungal toenails
- Ingrown toenails
- Neuroma
- Ankle problems
- Foot and ankle trauma
- Child developmental deformity
- Orthotics
Diagnostics
We perform a variety of diagnostics including the following:
- Biomechanical analysis
- CT scan
- Doppler studies
- EMG
- MRI
- NCV
- Vascular testing
- X-rays
Treatments
We perform the following treatments:
- Achilles repair
- Ankle surgery
- Arthrodesis
- Arthroereisis
- Arthroplasty
- Arthroscopy
- Bunionectomy
- Calluses
- Corns
- Custom foot orthotics
- Diabetic wound care
- Endoscopic plantar fasciotomy
- Extracorporeal shock wave therapy
- Flat foot correction
- Forefoot and rearfoot surgery
- Ingrown toenails
- Neuroma surgery
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