The Southwest Foot Institute was originally established by Dr. Michael Dershowitz in 1979 and has several offices throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area.
The Institute is dedicated to the treatment of all ages of patients, from children to senior citizens, and has always believed that the more a patient understands about their condition and the treatment options available to them, the more successful their treatment will be.
In addition to the typical issues that all podiatrists treat, such as heel pain, bunion and hammertoe deformities, ingrown toe nails, corns and callouses and flat feet, they also provide patients with innovative solutions to heel conditions, nerve conditions and flat foot conditions with minimally invasive surgical procedures with excellent outcomes.
One of the most exciting arenas in which the Institute has embarked upon, is the treatment of neuropathy; this is a condition that plagues both diabetics and non-diabetics, and is characterized by numbness, pain, burning, tingling, and a multitude of sensations that only those who suffer from this condition might be able to identify.
Neuropathy, and its eventual outcomes, is the leading cause of amputation in the world and is the reason that so many diabetic patients eventually lose portions of limbs.
At the Southwest Foot Institute, we can identify and determine the level and degree of neuropathy with state of the art non-invasive and painless testing procedures. We can then offer several solutions to this terrible dillemna and, in some cases, can successfully “ eliminate these symptoms, as well as restoring sensation, with an outpatient surgical procedure.
