The PODdoctors with Dr. Dauphinee and Dr. Hussain

Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about Freiberg’s Disease, also known as Freiberg infraction, a fairly common source of forefoot pain. They discuss what causes this pain and what they see clinically. They also talk about the conservative and surgical treatments. QUOTES:   “Once this joint go...

Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about surgical treatments for heel pain, specifically for plantar fasciitis. They explain what plantar fasciitis is and why it’s the most common foot problem. They discuss some surgical options including endoscopic and gastroc recession techniques.   QUOTES:...

Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about posterior tibial tendonitis (PTT) that cause flat foot deformities. The Pod Doctors discuss the symptoms of PTT, what they see in the clinic and how they determine treatment options based on the flat foot stage.   QUOTES: “I say get it fixed while you’r...

Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about peroneal tendon repair surgery, by walking through the process from a recent case. QUOTES: “You see how he’s cutting out that damaged tendon, because we want to get it back to where it’s a solid core. Sometimes if they’re salvageable, we’ll tuberlize them, b...

Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, start season two of The Pod Doctors podcast talking about diabetic neuropathy and what role nerve decompression plays into it. They discuss what they typically see with patients who have diabetic neuropathy and the various ways to treat it from conservative therapy to...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about Jones fractures, a common foot fracture that can be quite complicated. They discuss the mechanics of the injury and treatment options. Listen as they talk about what makes these fractures so complicated.  QUOT...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about hammer toes. They discuss what causes this cosmetic and physical problem, the three main reasons for hammer toe contractures and other associated problems. They also describe the most common treatment options from...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about Charcot foot, a typical problem seen in neuropathic patients. They discuss the two theories behind this condition: neuro-traumatic theory and neurovascular theory. They share examples of what they see at the clinic...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about hallux rigidus, a common problem and specific arthritic joint pain in the big toe. They share what they typically see with the disorder clinically and why x-rays are important to diagnose the problem. They also dis...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about achilles injuries. They discuss what causes the chronic and acute injuries and how they treat them. Listen to why it’s important to treat an achilles injury as quickly as possible.   QUOTES: “A lot of women ar...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about one of the most common (and annoying) skin lesions they see in patients: corns and calluses. They discuss what these skin lesions are and how some could be caused by an underlying bone problem. They also share how...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, discuss the often missed cause of chronic pain in the foot: tarsal tunnel syndrome. Dr. Dauphinee has sub-specialized in peripheral nerve injuries and pathology. He discusses neuritic or nerve-related pain and how this nerve-...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, discuss the scourge of winter, the slip and fall injury: ankle fractures. They review some of the mechanics around these injuries and how they approach treating these often challenging musculoskeletal problems surgically. &nb...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about Morton’s neuroma and other nerve-related causes of foot pain. The treatments for this problem have changed over the last two decades, and the docs discuss how this problem presents and what can be done to relieve p...

ThePODdoctors Dr. Damien Dauphinee and Dr. Raafae Hussain discuss information presented by Epidemiologist and Harvard physician and researcher Dr. Michael Mina regarding COVID rapid antigen testing and the bottlenecks standing in the way of getting these inexpensive tests in the hands of every American, from his Time Magazine article and podcast with Lex Fridman. Dr. Dauphinee and Dr. Hussain also...

In this episode, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, a fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeon talk about ingrown toenails, how common they are and what causes them. They discuss mainstream treatment approaches, prevention methods, and their surgical answer to the predicament.  QUOTES: “Our surgical answer for this is really straightforwar...

In this episode, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified Foot and Ankle Surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, a fellowship trained Foot and Ankle Surgeon, discuss plantar fasciitis as the most common reason for heel pain. They talk about how pain originates in the heel area, the variety of treatments that exist to treat plantar fasciitis, and methods of prevention. QUOTES: “It's not like a cold, it isn...

In this episode of The Pod Doctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, discuss the mechanics behind ankle sprains, strains and other related injuries. They talk about the different treatments they use to address the injury, including physical therapy and surgery. They also discuss related injuri...

In this episode of The PODdoctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, Fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about the foot-related complications associated with diabetes, including diabetic foot ulcers. They also discuss the treatment options to prevent amputation and why it’s important to decrease the pressure off an ulcer to...

In this episode of The PODdoctors podcast, Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, Fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, talk about bunions. They discuss what causes it and the conservative and surgical treatment options for this common foot problem. Listen as they share ways to slow down the progression and make the bunion more comfortable. QUO...

In this premiere episode of the PODdoctors podcast, meet Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, Fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon. This podcast will discuss everything from everyday complaints to complex and unusual problems in podiatric medicine and surgery and their available treatment options.  Listen in to learn about the most commo...