Lance Silverman, MD - Phoenix Foot & Ankle Surgeon

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May 22 2013

7 Tips for Traveling on Crutches

When vacation time rolls around, you will be excited to get away from it all.  But, if you have an injury that causes you to hobble around on crutches, your excitement might be pushed to the side a bit.  Being on crutches isn’t easy at home, much less away.  However, there are a few things […]

Written by Lance Silverman, MD · Categorized: Ankle Injury, Foot Injury, Treatment · Tagged: ankle, crutches, goodbye crutches, tips, traveling with crutches

Mar 12 2013

5 Ways to Help Someone Recover after Foot Surgery

Foot surgery is not a major surgery in that the patient will not be in the hospital for an extended period of time.  In fact, it is normally an outpatient procedure that sends the person home the very same day.  However, the recovery period can still be rather long and painful.  If you know someone […]

Written by Lance Silverman, MD · Categorized: Ankle Injury, Education, Surgery · Tagged: 5 ways to help someone recover after surgery, ankle, crutches, foot, goodbye crutches, heal, help, pain, recover, Surgery

Feb 14 2012

5 Reasons Knee Walkers Are Better than Crutches

Note: This is a guest blog by Tom Schwab, founder of Goodbye Crutches. To better understand what our customers who are recovering from surgery experience on a daily basis, we recently had “crutch day.” On Monday morning everyone was given a pair of crutches to use for the entire day. While we had a lot […]

Written by Lance Silverman, MD · Categorized: Treatment · Tagged: goodbye crutches, knee scooter, knee walker, non weight bearing

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Dr. Lance Silverman is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon, with specialty training in the management of conditions of the ankle and foot. Read More…

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The information contained on this site is intended to provide only general education about foot & ankle surgery and conditions. It should NOT be regarded as diagnostic, treatment or any other type of specific medical advice to anyone. On this site, Dr. Silverman periodically provides assessments and commentary on specific procedures that individuals have undergone. These assessments do not indicate that Dr. Silverman has performed these specific surgeries. Individuals should always consult a licensed and qualified health care provider for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment recommendations regarding their specific medical problems.

Pima Center Clinic

8405 North Pima Center Parkway
Suite 101
Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Arcadia Clinic

3033 North 44th Street
Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85018

High Street Clinic

5355 East High Street
Suite 113
Phoenix, AZ 85054

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Dr. Silverman provides orthopedic ankle and foot care throughout Arizona, including the cities of: Phoenix, Scottsdale, Pima Center, Arcadia, High Street, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills, Gilbert, and more!

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