Denton County Living Well Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 5

Southwest Foot and Ankle Center offers surgical and non-surgical
options for patients with results that will enable you to live a normal life.

treatment will then under surgical intervention, which will
include decompression of the nerve region. This is a simple
surgery that does not involve any implants and simply releases
the soft tissue surrounding the nerve region. The patient is back
the next day to full weight bearing and starting physical therapy
immediately. This is a very successful procedure and patients are
amazed on how their lives have changed from being told that
nothing could be done to something was done.
The nerve decompression procedure is a very delicate procedure
and only a physician who has been trained in performing these

procedures should be able to do them. We at Southwest Foot
and Ankle Center are trained in performing these procedures and
have taken the requirements to be able to perform them. Nerve
decompression is a very delicate procedure that involves knowledge of the anatomy, p ɽ