UT Medicine Foot and Ankle Clinic
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Health Transformation Building
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833-882-2737
Fax
512-495-5680
- About
- Treatment approach
- Care team
- Conditions
- Procedures
About this subspecialty
The Foot and Ankle Clinic, a subspecialty within the Musculoskeletal Institute, diagnoses, treats and manages conditions affecting the foot, ankle and lower limb in patients (14 years and older), including foot and ankle deformities, sports injuries, fractures, arthritis, tendon and ligament injuries, and neuromuscular and congenital conditions.
Our team provides nonsurgical and surgical treatments, including patient education, lifestyle modifications, physical therapy, medications, joint injections, ankle arthroscopy, tendon repair, deformity correction, fracture repair and ankle replacement when appropriate. Whether you are recovering from injury, managing arthritis or rheumatoid conditions, dealing with flatfoot, bunions, tendon injuries, or seeking correction for foot and ankle deformities, we are dedicated to reducing pain, improving mobility and helping you regain an active, independent lifestyle.
Our treatment approach
At UT Medicine, we take an integrated, multidisciplinary approach to your care. This means you will benefit from the expertise of multiple specialists across a variety of disciplines caring for you in one place — avoiding the need to schedule multiple appointments with providers at locations all over the city.
UT Medicine is anchored by Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, where we collaborate with colleagues to apply leading-edge research, diagnostic and treatment techniques to the diagnosis and treatment of your condition. Advanced imaging and lab testing are also available on-site if needed.
Meet your care team
Shuyuan Li
Physician
UT Medicine Foot and Ankle Clinic, UT Medicine Musculoskeletal Institute
Irene Nelson
Physical Therapist
UT Medicine Foot and Ankle Clinic, UT Medicine Musculoskeletal Institute Physical Therapy
Conditions we treat
Foot, ankle and lower limb deformities
- Ankle valgus
- Ankle varus
- Bunionette
- Cavovarus foot
- Collapsing arch (flatfoot)
- Congenital deformities in the lower extremity and foot and ankle
- Equinus foot
- Foot drop
- High painful arch (cavus foot)
- Hallux varus
- Hallux valgus/bunion
- Leg deformities
- Limb length discrepancy
- Metatarsal adductus
- Metatarsalgia
- Muller-Weiss disease
- Post-traumatic deformities in the lower extremity and foot and ankle
- Short metatarsal, short toe
- Skew foot
- Toe deformities (claw toe, hammer toe, crossover toe)
- Untreated or recurrent clubfoot
Sports-related injuries
- Achilles tendinopathy
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Ankle instability
- Ankle osteochondral lesion (cartilage injury)
- Ankle sprain
- Anterior ankle impingement (footballer’s ankle)
- Calf strain (pulled calf muscle)
- Hallux rigidus
- Heel pain
- Lisfranc injury
- Metatarsal pain
- Peroneal tendon tear and tendinopathy
- Plantar fasciitis
- Posterior tibial tendon pain
- Sesamoid fracture
- Sesamoid pain
- Stress fractures in the foot and ankle (navicular stress fracture, Jones fracture, metatarsal neck fracture)
- Turf toe (plantar plate injury)
Juvenile and adolescent foot and ankle pain
- Accessory navicular
- Heel pain (calcaneal apophysitis/Sever’s disease)
- Juvenile bunion
- Painful flatfoot
- Posterior ankle impingement, os trigonum in dancers
- Tarsal coalition
Arthritis in the foot and ankle
- Degenerative arthritis
- Failed ankle replacement
- Failed joint fusion
- Navicular avascular necrosis
- Other autoimmune arthritis causing pain in the foot and ankle
- Post-traumatic arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Talus avascular necrosis
Neuromuscular conditions
- Cerebral palsy
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease
- Diabetic foot
- Foot drop after injury or stroke.
- Spina bifida
Syndromic conditions and skeletal dysplasia
- Arthrogryposis
- Congenital pseudoarthrosis of the tibia
- Tibial/fibular hemimelia
High-risk limbs requiring limb salvage and reconstruction
- Charcot foot
- Deep infections, osteomyelitis
- Diabetic foot
- Other neurovascular disorders causing limb-threatening conditions
Failed surgeries in the leg, foot and Ankle
- Failed reconstruction surgeries
- Failed total ankle replacement
- Infection
- Malunion
- Non-union
Acute and chronic injuries in the foot and ankle
- Ankle fracture
- Ankle sprain
- Calcaneus fracture
- Cuboid fracture
- Ligament injuries
- Lisfranc fracture and dislocation
- Metatarsal fracture
- Navicular fracture
- Syndesmosis rupture
- Talus fracture
- Toe fracture
- Tendon rupture
Common foot and ankle pain
- Heel pain
- Metatarsalgia
- Morton’s neuroma
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Procedures we perform
- Ankle replacement/arthroplasty
- External fixation for limb salvage and severe deformity correction
- Minimally invasive surgeries, including percutaneous, arthroscopic and endoscopic procedures
- Open surgeries
- Other ankle preservation surgeries
- Patient-specific instrumentation (customized tools, guides and implants) for complex deformity corrections