Advanced Care Foot & Ankle

Practice of:
Dr. Tamara Marcus D.P.M.
Dr. Conan Parke D.P.M.
The weekend of October 5 when I do the Railroad Pass to Art in the Park hike was supposed to be the start of hiking season. This year it was the start of a debilitating foot problem. When I was doing all these hikes mentally I felt like Dorothy hiking on the Yellow Brick Road to a spiritual Oz. However, physically I was turning into the Tin Man hiking on the highway to hell. By November it was obvious that I had to exit this highway to hell. I visited a Doctor in November where I had a terrible experience. I’d resort to insoles, frequent ice rubbings, and even wearing boots. By Christmas, my left leg was so bad that I could barely walk from a Starbuck’s to my car, couldn’t get on an escalator in the downtown Summerlin Macy’s, needed to use a cart to balance myself getting across a supermarket, and needed to wear sneakers constantly. Miraculously I was able to do some hiking on paved trails. On the first week of January when I was able to get off work, I’d do intense investigating on podiatrists. I did not want to repeat the experience that I had in November. Ultimately, I’d find Dr. Tamara Marcus. To emphasize how serious I was in finding a trusting Podiatrist, I was going to travel from Henderson to the northwest in the vicinity of US 95 at Cheyenne.
January 9 was my first of six appointments with Advanced Care Foot & Ankle. It turns out that Dr. Conan Parke (D.P.M.) would be my doctor. He would heal my foot to the degree of being able to hike, not be dependent on a shopping cart, and walk barefoot in my apartment. This is the result of painstaking diagnosis and talent.
Against my will I am a challenge to Podiatrists. My left foot has tremors that cause it to move. Much to Dr Parke’s credit he was professional and went out of his way to diagnose the problem. He was so focused that he watched my eye movements and felt my left wrist to guarantee that this wasn’t something terrible. The upshot is that I will eventually have to visit a neurologist.
The first visit started off with an x-​ray. Right away, Dr. Parke concluded that my left foot is totally different from my right foot. Upon a thorough examination of my feet, he observed that my left foot is stuck in a position that is causing the pain. He did not sell me on the Planter Fasciitis stuff to make $ off customized insoles. On the contray, he said that I might of had Planter Fasciitis at one time and that my insoles are just right. He saved me $ 300 right there. To alleviate the problem he put cushions in my insoles so my pinkie toe was no longer taking the brunt of the pain. He’d recommend me to Pueblo Medical Imagine for a CAT scan before visit 2.
Visit 2 was the most thorough visit. The CAT scan showed no major problem. Dr. Parke was hesitant about giving me surgery because I would still have the arthritis. On this visit, he thoroughly examined my foot to avert surgery. This thoroughness paid off. I was able to communicate that the pain was coming from the pinkie toe. The diagnosis is that my left foot has most likely been in this condition for years and got worse and that I also had Morton’s Neuroma.
The follow up visits would be short with peripheral nerve injections. Dr. Parke had the nerve injections down to a science. He would spray a cold solution on the foot. Pain was nil. Dr. Parke would also engage in conversation.
Advanced Care Foot & Ankle is on the Aetna network. For the quality work that Dr. Parke gives, the prices are reasonable. Then again there is no price worth hiking. This paragraph discusses the pricing. The x-​ray exam of the ankle is $ 85 for non-​members verses $ 33.94 for Aetna members. The shots are $ 230 for non-​members and $ 134.60 for Aetna members.
At the time of this review, the treatment could be over. The upshot is that I have arthritis which causes discomfort and running is out of my future. In retrospect maybe the running that I was doing infrequently last year offset this. In June, I made an appointment to see how the left foot is faring including the tremors. Knock on wood, I have been hiking more and walking greater distances. If anything changes with my left foot or Advanced Care Foot & Ankle, I will update this review or write an addendum.