Zehra Hyderi, DPM, MS

So I am giving this office two stars because of the gorgeous, new and modern office setting, and for the staff. They were very attentive, friendly and very courteous. My experience with Dr. Hyderi was good as well. She was friendly, talkative and engaging.
I went in with severe heel pain. I explained my symptoms to the medical assistant who said «oh that’s plantar fasciitis.» I was a little surprised (I was thinking maybe a heel spur?) but, hey, I’m not a doctor!
So Dr Hyderi comes in and says «I hear you have plantar fasciitis?» I’m like «…um I have no idea! That’s why I’m here.» She then explains to me that with plantar fasciitis, I need physical therapy, orthotics and a cortisone shot. Not a fan of shots, but if it gets me out of pain I’m all in.
I ask her a few times «with the shot, is my pain gone quickly?» Both Dr Hyderi and the assistant said «your pain is gone almost instantly!» Great! Sign me up…
I get the shot, which wasn’t so bad. But was still in a ton of pain. Jump to a week later and it’s worse than before. My insurance changed so unfortunately I had to change podiatrists and start all over.
When I got to my new doctor, he immediately says «I don’t think you have PF… I think you’ve ruptured your fascia tendon.» He does an X-​ray, ultrasound and MRI and it’s confirmed… its ruptured.
My frustration with Dr Hyderi is she didn’t even consider it being something other than PF. No test, no further investigating. She said a shot would fix me and it only made it worse.
I wish she would have been more thorough, rather than just injecting my foot and sending me on my way. Since I have seen her, I’ve done research that says with a ruptured tendon, a cortisone shot can actually make it worse, or cause the healing process to drastically slow down. Great… just great…