Arbor Foot Health Center Services

Treatment Approach

We believe in taking a conservative yet comprehensive approach in the treatment of foot problems utilizing simple, non-invasive treatment options whenever possible. Together, with your input, we devise a treatment plan that is customized to your needs, effective, and gets you back on your feet.

State of the Art Technology and Services

Ultrasound Imaging - for fast and accurate diagnosis

We are proud to be one of the few podiatry offices in Austin to offer diagnostic ultrasound. In the foot bone problems are easily seen with x-rays. But what about everything else that's under the skin and that's not bone? What about the muscles, ligaments, nerves and blood vessels? Now with specially designed ultrasound we can safely see those parts of the foot that we could only guess about before!

Acuscope/Myopulse - for the non-surgical treatment of pain

The Electro-Acuscope and Myopulse use microcurrent technology to promote the healing of damaged connective tissue, including tendons, ligaments, and bones in the foot by emitting small electrical currents that open up the damaged area to blood flow and circulation so that the body can start to heal itself.

Extracorporeal Radial Wave Therapy with Radialspec^TM - non-invasive therapy for heel pain relief and therapeutic healing

We are proud to be the first podiatry office in Austin to offer Extracorporeal Radial Wave Therapy! This highly effective therapy is a non-invasive, non-surgical option for treating plantar fasciitis (sometimes referred to as "heel spurs"). "Extracorporeal" means "outside the body". Radial waves, or pressure waves, are focused onto the targeted tissue to relieve pain and trigger your body's own repair mechanisms by stimulating and reactivating the tissue to promote normal healing.

Foot Manipulation - skillful, physical manipulation for the relief of heel pain and painful joints

Dr. Prant is proud to introduce Foot Manipulation to Central Texas! Foot manipulation can provide relief without surgery, drugs, or pain! Dr. Prant received special one-on-one training from Dr. Rue Tikker in Napa, California in these techniques. Dr. Prant finds that Foot Manipulation is very successful for heel pain and painful joints. There is some success with neuromas as well. The basic idea of foot manipulation is that a perfect foot structure is not needed in order to walk comfortably. What you do need is enough motion in several key joints. From Dr. Prant's 25 years of watching people walk, he can see how your foot is compensating for lack of motion and/ or structural problems in your foot. Correcting these problems can be as simple as balancing your foot in the shoe or manipulating the foot to get enough motion in a "jammed" part of the foot.