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Common Foot and Ankle Problems

Foot and ankle pain can affect our everyday lives and happens to many of us. It might be because we use our feet a lot, get injured, or have some health issues. Let’s talk about what usually makes our feet and ankles hurt and how we can do something about it.

Based on the evaluation findings, we’ll develop a personalized treatment plan tailored to your individual needs. This plan may include:

Our team is highly skilled at identifying and educating our patients about proper footwear, self-care techniques, and injury prevention strategies, an essential aspect of physical therapy. Education enhances patient compliance and promotes better long-term outcomes.

Dear friends and community,

As many of you know, our dear PT partner Laurie and her family have been facing an incredibly challenging journey. Laurie’s father, Richard, has been battling Guillain-Barré Syndrome after falling seriously ill this summer. After being hospitalized and undergoing extensive treatment in Grand Forks and Fargo, Richard has now been transferred to a facility in Utah for further care. This ongoing medical journey is overwhelming, and the family is dealing with mounting medical bills, travel expenses, and the uncertainty of his future care. The worries are overwhelming at times for Richard’s wife, Peggy, with a necessity to focus only upon the day she is in. We want to come together as a community to support Laurie, Richard, and their family during this difficult time.  We’re hosting a T-shirt Fundraiser to help ease some of the financial burden. T-shirts will be available for $20 each with all proceeds going directly to the family. We have a goal of raising $10,000 to help with medical expenses, travel, lodging, and the ongoing care that Richard needs.

As her patients know, Laurie is a giver – let’s show our love and support for Laurie and her family as they continue to navigate this incredibly tough journey. Together, we can make a difference and help them focus on what truly matters—being there for each other. 

Thank you so much for your generosity! Below is a full story of Richard’s journey: 

Richard’s journey started in June when he got sick with a respiratory infection. He was starting to feel better from the virus after a few weeks. Saturday, July 20th, he noted some unusual weakness in his arms when lifting things around home. On Sunday, July 21st, he awoke and felt very weak in his legs upon standing. He noted that his balance was off and he had numbness and tingling in his fingers and toes. He was worked up in ER for stroke and cardiac involvement, and nothing was found. He was discharged after a short stay in the hospital. As the week progressed at home, his body continued to lose strength, to the point that he was no longer able to stand or walk on his own. He was hospitalized again, and this time, he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. He was hospitalized in Grand Forks for 2 weeks before being transferred to Pam Rehab in Fargo for a progressive rehab stay. The weakness continued to progress into week 3, causing trunk and respiratory weakness. He sustained a cardiac arrest on Monday, August 5th and was hospitalized at Sanford Hospital where he remains today. 

Very little progress brings the doctors and the social worker from the hospital around to start talking about “placement”. They have pushed for Peggy, Richard’s wife, to consider taking him home. Not a chance that she could manage his 24/7 care at this time. Concern about care and progress overshadowed at times by concern about number of Medicare days, insurance constraints and limits. The worries are overwhelming at times for Peggy with a necessity to focus only upon the day she is in.

Aside from current mounting medical bills, there are ongoing/future treatment expenses due to the impending end of his insurance coverage/limits. Most recently, Richard has been transferred to a long-term care facility in Provo, Utah that specializes in ventilator care and weaning. At present, Peggy diligently keeps a bedside vigil and sleeps in Richards’s room while their three daughters all travel to see him from Grand Forks with one traveling from eastern Wisconsin.

As the holidays approach, please consider helping this family by taking some of the financial burden from them. The entire family are givers!! They are all contributors to our community with their personal and professional lives. They think of others first! Let the givers be receivers!!

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