Recommend a toe specialist (joint problem)?

boardbro · 10-11-2015 05:54PM #1

I have a problem with my big toe can anyone recommend a foot specialist?

Mrs OBumble · 10-11-2015 06:36PM

Your GP is probably the best person to do that.

biko · 10-11-2015 07:24PM

Start with GP and let them refer you.

boardbro · 11-11-2015 08:20PM

my GP will send referral letter but hasnt recommended any particular foot specialist , has anyone good experience with one in galway?

Mars Bar · 11-11-2015 09:44PM

Stephen Kearns is regarded as one of the best in the west, if not the country. He's publicly out of Merlin and privately in the Bons. I was waiting a year and a half to see him in Merlin.

whatlliwear · 09-12-2015 02:42AM

Mars Bar wrote: »

Stephen Kearns is regarded as one of the best in the west, if not the country. He's publicly out of Merlin and privately in the Bons. I was waiting a year and a half to see him in Merlin.

I agree he is brilliant.

boardbro · 11-12-2015 09:29PM

Hello can anyone recommend a surgeon for this area of the body, its a pectus excavatum problem

PCeeeee · 11-12-2015 11:25PM

Bear in mind Stephen Kearns is a surgeon. Depending on your issue it may be prudent to investigate non surgical avenues first if appropriate. In my experience surgeons tend to be biased toward surgical solutions.

I do not mean the above statement in any way to reflect on the abilities of Stephen Kearns, he is by reputation an excellent physician.

biko · 12-12-2015 12:45AM

Your GP will refer you. Hopefully you won't need surgery.

Mars Bar · 12-12-2015 12:59PM

PCeeeee wrote: »

Bear in mind Stephen Kearns is a surgeon. Depending on your issue it may be prudent to investigate non surgical avenues first if appropriate. In my experience surgeons tend to be biased toward surgical solutions.

I do not mean the above statement in any way to reflect on the abilities of Stephen Kearns, he is by reputation an excellent physician.

He will do everything to avoid surgery. I was casted for a really old injury to see if that would help first. Now I'm on new orthotics and we are giving those a few months. He hasn't even mentioned surgery to me once but I feel in my gut that that's what's down the line for me.

biko · 12-12-2015 01:51PM

boardbro, for both your medical issues.
See a GP. They will escalate your case as needed.

Recommend a toe specialist (joint problem)?

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