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Welcome
If you're viewing this website, then chances are that your feet
hurt. You're not alone. Studies have shown that as many as 4 out of every 5 people will develop
some type of foot problems during their lifetime. What I've never quite understood is why people
think that its not normal for their heads of stomachs to hurt, but it's completely normal for their
feet to hurt. If you're one of these individuals, this site is especially dedicated to you and
written for you.
 My goal and purpose in life has always been to help people. The
way that I felt that I could best do this is by specializing in the treatment of the most abused
part of the human body...the foot. In 1978, I was a third-year student at the Illinois College of
Podiatric Medicine in Chicago, Illinois and taking my first courses in foot and ankle surgery. I was
attending lectures and observing the performance of traditional surgical procedures when a feeling
came over me... there must be a better way.
The saying goes, "When the student is ready, the teacher will
appear." I had heard rumbling in the medical school cafeteria about an organization called The
Academy of Ambulatory Foot Surgery. In fact, I had heard that the president of this national
organization actually practiced in Chicago. I decided to call him to see if I could spend a day
with him in the office. The rest, as they say, is history. Rather than the grimacing look on
patients faces who were in agony after foot surgery which I had observed so many times at the
podiatry school and while visting the offices of some leading Chicago area foot surgeons, this
doctor's patients had smiles on their faces and many of them took only an aspirin tablet and
returned to work immediately after undergoing some revolutionary foot surgery techniques.
There have been many advancements in these techniques since
then and as I provide this website, I have performed an estimated 10,000 or more of these
procedures.
In spirit, love, and friendship,
Dr. Richard M. Cowin. DPM, FACFAS. FAAFAS
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