The peroneal retinaculum is a thin band of tissue that helps hold the peroneal tendons behind the fibula at the outside of the ankle. There are actually two distinct peroneal retinaculums; the “superior peroneal retinaculum” and the “inferior peroneal retinaculum.” The one you actually care about if you’re having popping and clicking and pain at the outside of the ankle is the superior peroneal retinaculum.
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Former Houston TV News Reporter Launches Public Relations, Advertising, Web-Marketing Agency Instead of reporting the news, former TV journalist Todd Duplantis now focuses on spreading the word about the benefits of search engine optimization (SEO),search engine marketing (SEM) techniques and building a client base for his new public relations, advertising and web-marketing firm The Duplantis […]
View Details »Laser Toenail Fungus Treatment is now being offered in your own home! If you have heard about the new toenail laser to treat fungal toenails, but have just been too busy (or too embarrassed) to go to a podiatrist’s office to have the procedure, you can now have the laser treatment right in your […]
View Details »Ankle sprains are the most common sports injury. Although Dr. Segler is an internationally recognized expert on ankle injuries, who even makes house calls and performs remote consultations via web-conferencing, he just can’t help everyone…until now! After having received so many requests for help from ankle sprain patients over-seas or in states where he […]
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Lake Tahoe, NV – February 9, 2012. – Today in Lake Tahoe Nevada, Dr. Christopher Segler was speaking before the International Foot & Ankle Foundation’s Annual Podiatry Seminar to a group of foot and ankle experts. He was invited to speak and share his expertise on the newest and best treatments for complicated running injuries […]
View Details »San Francisco Podiatrist Shares his Experience as a Runner and Sports Medicine Physician With Other Doctors Lake Tahoe, NV – February 10, 2012. – Today Dr. Christopher Segler lectured to an audience of foot surgeons, sports medicine podiatrists and foot experts at the International Foot and Ankle Foundation Lake Tahoe Seminar held at the Montbleu […]
View Details »Ganglion Cysts – A Painful Bump On the Top of The Foot.
What is a ganglion cyst?
A ganglion cyst is fluid filled sack that appears a lump or bump under the skin. In the foot this most often occurs on the top of the foot or at the big toe joint. The fluid within a ganglion cyst is actually synovial fluid (the fluid that lubricates your joints). The ganglion itself is a little balloon of synovial tissue that has squeezed out of the joint capsule. Because of this, a ganglion cysts is always a little mass attached to or extending from a joint or tendon sheath.
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December 16, 2011 – San Francisco, CA Dr. Christopher Segler, a San Francisco based foot surgeon, researcher and sports medicine podiatrist was invited to present his published research at the 2012 EPS Global International Forum of Analytical Science to be held January 17-18, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. “Dear Dr. Segler, It is my […]
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