DON'T IGNORE LEG PAIN
posted: Aug. 27, 2015.
PODIATRIST, DR. KELLY POWERS STATES, "LEG PAIN SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED. SPECIFICALLY, IF IT IS POSTERIOR AND UNILATERAL. IT COULD BE A SIGN OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, WHICH MEANS A BLOOD CLOT. BLOOD CLOTS CAN BE STATIONARY, BUT IF THEY MOVE, THEY CAN TRAVEL TO THE HEART, LUNGS, OR BRAIN AND CAUSE A STROKE OR EVEN DEATH. IF YOU HAVE LEG PAIN, YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT WITH DOPPLER AND SEE A VASCULAR SURGEON AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."
ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINIC IS EQUIPPED WITH DOPPLER AND IF WE SUSPECTED THAT ANY PATIENT HAD A DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, THEY WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.