Dr_Butler_Dallas

This one's for the person who did everything right — the surgery, the boot, the PT — and still doesn't feel like themselves. You're not being dramatic, and you're not stuck. An outcome you're unhappy with is a question that deserves a workup: fresh imaging, fresh eyes, honest options. Sometimes that means rehab. Sometimes revision. Either way, you deserve to know. Second opinions are exactly what they're for.
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Achilles ruptures used to mean one thing: a long incision and a long road. The PARS technique changed the first part — same strong repair, done through a small incision with far less soft tissue opened up. It's not right for every rupture (timing, tendon quality, and your goals all matter), which is exactly why the evaluation matters.
📍 DFW · ☎️ (972) 591-6468 · drleroybutler.com

Everyone knows someone with a new knee or hip. Almost nobody knows the ankle can be replaced — or that a collapsed talus can be rebuilt with a 3D-printed implant. If you've been told "fusion or live with it," it's worth one more conversation. Candidacy is real (bone quality, alignment, activity level all matter) — but so are the options.
📍 DFW · ☎️ (972) 591-6468 · drleroybutler.com

Your ankle shouldn't be a plot twist. If it buckles on flat ground, if you plan your life around "safe" surfaces, if the tape and brace are just part of getting dressed — that's chronic ankle instability, and it's fixable. The right rehab handles a lot of it. When it doesn't, those stretched-out ligaments can be repaired. Either way: stop living with an ankle you can't trust.
📍 DFW · ☎️ (972) 591-6468 · drleroybutler.com

Two weeks. That's my line. Foot or ankle pain that changes how you move for more than two weeks deserves a real diagnosis — not another month of "walking it off." Most of what I see in clinic never needs surgery. But all of it needed an answer sooner.
📍 DFW · ☎️ (972) 591-6468 · drleroybutler.com

You've checked the shoe five times. There's no pebble. 👟

That "walking on a pebble" feeling in the ball of your foot has a name: Morton's neuroma.

→ A small nerve between the toes becomes irritated and thickened
→ Most often between the 3rd and 4th toes
→ Narrow shoes and heels squeeze it with every step
→ It often comes and goes at first… then stops going
→ Caught early, most calm down WITHOUT surgery

If you've been shaking out that shoe for weeks, it's not the shoe. Get it evaluated.

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📍 Dallas & Frisco, TX

Dr. Leroy Butler, D.O. — Foot & Ankle Orthopedic Surgery. This post is for education and is not medical advice.

26 bones. 33 joints. Over 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments.

That's ONE foot. 🦶

Both feet hold about a quarter of all the bones in your body — a structure that absorbs your full body weight thousands of times a day, for decades.

When something that intricate starts hurting, "walk it off" isn't a plan.

📞 (972) 591-6468
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📍 Dallas & Frisco, TX

Dr. Leroy Butler, D.O. — Foot & Ankle Orthopedic Surgery. This post is for education and is not medical advice.

That first step out of bed shouldn't feel like stepping on glass. 🦶

Sharp heel pain with your first morning steps — that eases as you walk — is the classic sign of plantar fasciitis.

→ A thick band of tissue under your foot tightens overnight
→ Cold, tight tissue + first steps = that stabbing pain
→ It fades as it warms up, so most people ignore it
→ The longer it's ignored, the more stubborn it gets
→ Most cases improve WITHOUT surgery when treated early

If your mornings have started like this for more than a few weeks, get it evaluated — an exam and a plan built for your foot.

📞 (972) 591-6468
🌐 drleroybutler.com
📍 Dallas & Frisco, TX

Dr. Leroy Butler, D.O. — Foot & Ankle Orthopedic Surgery. This post is for education and is not medical advice.

"It felt like someone kicked me — but no one was there." 🎾

That's how patients describe a torn Achilles tendon, almost word for word.

→ It usually happens on a sudden push-off — basketball, tennis, pickleball
→ Many hear or feel a POP
→ The sharp pain often settles quickly… which is the trap
→ Some people can still walk on it — and assume it's fine
→ A weak push-off after a pop is the sign that matters

An Achilles rupture treated early — with or without surgery — heals very differently than one discovered a month later. Felt the pop? Get evaluated this week, not "when it doesn't get better."

📞 (972) 591-6468
🌐 drleroybutler.com
📍 Dallas & Frisco, TX

Dr. Leroy Butler, D.O. — Foot & Ankle Orthopedic Surgery. This post is for education and is not medical advice.