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Introducing Dr. Cristi Lee Bouldin
Dr. Cristi Lee Bouldin married Dr. Eric Bouldin and joined Middle Tennessee Foot Associates in July 2012
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Dr. Cristi Lee Bouldin is a graduate of Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine and completed her surgical training at Geisinger-Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.She specializes in surgical intervention of foot and ankle ailments including but not limited to bunions, hammertoes, nerve surgery, deformity reconstruction, fracture and crush injuries, as well as limb salvage techniques including skin grafts and treatment of lower extremity ulcerations.Dr. Bouldin's training includes internal and external fixation techniques.
Dr. Eric Bouldin and Dr. Superstein welcome Dr. Cristi Bouldin
Dr. Cristi Bouldin is caring and compassionate and she is ready to meet you at our Manchester, Tullahoma or Woodbury office. Dr. 'Cristi' loves taking care of chilren and their special foot problems.
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Dr. Cristi Bouldin & Herbie |
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Dedicated to your foot and ankle health,
Eric Bouldin, DPM Cristi Bouldin, DPM Mark Superstein, DPM
Manchester Office 108 North Spring Street Manchester, TN 37355 Telephone: (931) 728-3988
Tullahoma Office 209 East Lincoln Street Tullahoma, TN 37388 Telephone: (931) 455-6828
Woodbury Office Stones River Speciality Clinic 370 Doolittle Rd Suite 5 Telephone (615) 563-7275
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A neuroma is very painful growth and swelling of the nerve.
If this occurs in between the toes it is called a Morton's Neuroma. Often a patient with a Morton's Neuroma will say it feels like a pebble or a folded up sock in their shoe behind the toes. When they take their shoes off and check - there is nothing there.
The pain is usually at its worst during walking. Often the pain is lessened by taking of the shoes and massaging the toes.
The pain usually feels like a burning, tingling or numbness between the toes. It may shoot from between the toes out to the ends of the toes.
The pain may also be worse when wearing high heels or shoes with narrow toes.
This condition most often happens in women. The most common place for a Morton's Neuroma is between the 3rd and 4th toes, although it can occur between any two toes.
There are many treatments for neuromas.
First is change shoes. Wear shoes that don’t squeeze the toes together.
Strapping and padding underneath the foot can take pressure off the Morton's Neuroma.
When this helps, foot orthotics can easily be made by your Dr to protest the foot long term.
Sometimes your Podiatric Physician and Surgeon may inject the neuroma area with a steroid.
A newer injection is the sclerosing alcohol injection series that actually can shrink the painful nerve.
Often we use ultrasound to guide the injection for the best placement.
If none of these conservative treatments work, then surgery is available.
There is a minimally invasive decompression of the nerve surgery available – done through a ½ inch incision.
Sometimes the neuroma is just surgically removed.
After the surgery, patients usually wear a surgical shoe and rest a few days.
Please contact our office for your leg, ankle, foot nerve pain.
We have many tests, medicines and treatments available to ease the sharp pain, burning pain and tingling pain that nerves can cause.