\u201cFor the right patient, foot fusion can help restore stability and reduce pain, allowing them to return to a more active and fulfilling lifestyle,\u201d Dr. Bifano says. The procedure eliminates pain by eliminating painful motion in damaged joints of the foot.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor many patients,\u201d he says, \u201cthis means walking more comfortably, improving mobility and getting back to the things they enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Bifano says Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute is the only orthopedic institute\u00a0in Lackawanna, Luzerne and many surrounding counties offering orthopedic fellowship-trained expertise in foot and ankle surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Bifano and everyone at Lehigh Valley Hospital were great,\u201d Marene says. \u201cI\u2019d recommend them to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter just eight months, I was about 90 percent back to normal,\u201d she says. \u201cActually, when I think about it, I\u2019m even better than normal, considering I have no more pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marene is back to \u201cwalking everywhere,\u201d she says, and no longer has any trouble climbing stairs. She watches one grandchild every day after school and is making plans to visit the other two, who live in Maryland.<\/p>\n
Looking back, she says, \u201cI\u00a0don\u2019t know why I waited so long to get this fixed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She also recalls her first desire as soon as she was back on both feet. \u201cI thought,\u201d she says, \u201cI really need a pedicure.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFor the right patient, foot fusion can help restore stability and reduce pain, allowing them to return to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-267903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}