Welcome to Anderson Podiatry Center!
We’re excited to meet you and partner with you on your journey back to full health—whether that means returning to work, enjoying life, or getting back to the activities you love.
Your Visit to APC
Our friendly and knowledgeable office team is here to answer any questions you have about foot and ankle conditions, as well as chronic pain affecting your body. To ensure your first visit goes smoothly, please review the information below.
Convenient Locations
Anderson Podiatry Center serves you from four easily accessible locations, including Fort Collins and Broomfield, Colorado. Click here for maps and directions.
New Patient Forms
Please arrive 15 minutes early for your first appointment to complete necessary paperwork.
Additional forms, such as the Medical Records Release Form, should only be completed if directed by our staff. You can download and print these forms ahead of time to bring with you.
Insurance and Payments
We accept most insurance plans—including Medicare, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and many government programs—and will verify your benefits before your appointment.
We also accept checks and major credit cards, with financing options available through CareCredit to help make your care affordable.
We look forward to helping you thrive with expert foot care and personalized support every step of the way.
In this captivating interview, we have the privilege of sitting down with Pat, whose journey took a remarkable turn after undergoing surgery for neuropathy in her feet. After enduring 40 long years of chronic pain, Pat finally found the relief she had been seeking. In this heartfelt conversation, she openly shares her personal experience, starting from the pivotal decision to undergo surgery, all the way through the process of post-operative recovery and the astounding life-changing results she encountered. Our esteemed surgeon, an expert in the field, also sheds light on the surgical techniques employed to treat neuropathy, providing a comprehensive understanding of the procedure. This video serves as a valuable resource for those living with neuropathy and contemplating surgical options, offering both informative insights and a wellspring of inspiration to aid in the decision-making process. Should you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to reach out through the comments or explore further information about our services.
She was always in pain. After seeing many doctors and having dozens of test and procedures, she finally was provided a correct diagnosis. Unfortunately before she could arrive at it, she was informed she needed to remove her gall bladder. Which she did!
Finally she was referred to Dr. Demetrio Aguila who diagnosed Julie with post-herpetic-neuralgia – chronic pain after Shingles. Dr. Aguila operated on Julie removing painful neuromas from her intercostal nerves. After the successful operation she felt a new pain that was masked by the old chronic pain. In the second surgery the doctor removed a bone spur and another neuroma.
Every patient we see is unique, but unfortunately, many of them come in telling a similar story. They are suffering from chronic pain and are searching for answers. They want to avoid the medications, the spinal injections, and the spinal stimulators that are commonly used for the treatment of chronic pain problems.
At Anderson Center for Nerve Pain, we focus on treating patients with chronic pain or numbness throughout the body due to diabetic neuropathy, chemotherapy treatments, trauma or surgery. If your pain or numbness is due to injury or entrapment or compression of one or more peripheral nerves, there is a very high chance that we can help. We utilize one or more of several successful treatment methods, depending on each patient’s needs:
Revolutionary Nerve Resection Surgery and Nerve Decompression Surgery that blocks or releases the nerves that cause painful symptoms
Here’s Debra’s story. Our hope is that if you are suffering today, this will encourage you to not give up.
Everything Looked Good
Debra came to our Fort Collins office from Denver. She had a complex injury to her foot due to a fractured heel. With this type of injury, it is not uncommon for surgery to be indicated to put the heel back in the proper position. This injury will typically present with not one, but multiple fractures. Her X-rays showed screws and plates in the heel bone, and everything looked good.
But She Was Not So Good
Debra was suffering from chronic pain. She had severe burning, tingling, numbness, and throbbing in her foot and into her leg. She had been referred to a pain clinic and was on narcotics, which were causing her to fall asleep at work. Because the fatigue was so extreme, she was going to bed at 7:00pm, and she felt it was dangerous for her to even drive her children around. The next step for her was to consider a spinal implant for electrical stimulation to help with her pain. Drugs and the implant are common conventional methods to help these patients. She came to me to explore her other options.
New Hope
After examining Debra, it was apparent that a nerve had been damaged from the surgery she had. The surgery was a success in terms of repairing the broken heel, but she was now left with residual pain. A small nerve called the sural nerve that lies on the outside of the ankle became entangled in the scar tissue from the surgery. On her first visit I injected a small amount of local anesthetic with cortisone above the area of nerve damage. She returned several days later and said, “The pain is coming back, but for three days, it was almost completely gone!”
Because of her chronic pain, the doctor had warned her not to contemplate any kind of surgery in the foot or leg, so we did another injection. She came back again and again, and with the same response each time! Eventually after two or three injections to calm this injured nerve, she had faith in what I was suggesting that we do.
The Source of the Pain
So what did we do? Because of the severe amount of damage to the nerve, we made a small incision in her lower leg just above the ankle. Through this incision, we cut the nerve and buried the tip in the muscle. Why the removal? The nerve was the pain generator. Why did we bury the tip in the muscle? This is commonly done to minimize the possibility of the tip of the nerve causing pain. When a nerve is cut, it wants to recreate more nerve tissue and we call this an amputation, or stump neuroma. By burying the nerve in the muscle, it reduces the chance of the area being sensitive to touch.
It is very important to note two things:
The nerve removed does not supply any muscles that could result in weakness. In fact, she should become stronger as she can now use her pain-free leg even more!
The numbness tends to go away as the other remaining nerves will sprout new branches and make up for her numbness. Months later, most patients report minimal numbness.
What We Believe
My message to you is this. If you or someone you love is suffering from chronic pain, please do not give up hope. Maybe you are on medications and struggling with the side effects. Maybe you are suffering from the stress or depression caused by chronic pain.
We believe that the time has come to change the game regarding the approach to helping people suffering from chronic pain. We may be able to address the source of your pain just like we did for Debra.
