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Ankle Tendon Tear Treatments in Portland, OR

10305 Southwest Park Way, Suite 300 Portland, OR 97225

Avoid Ankle Surgery with Regenexx

Damage to the Achilles tendon is the most common form of tendon damage and typically results from acute injury or overuse often as a result of athletics. When the Achilles tendon tears, the recommended course of treatment is a risky surgery with a > 10% complication rate. Because of the invasive nature of this surgery, recovery is lengthy, and a recent study suggests that it is no more effective than immobilizing and bracing the ankle for a few weeks.

During this outpatient procedure, our expert physicians use precise image guidance to inject custom concentrations of your body’s natural healing agents into the exact areas of damage to promote repair of strain and tears to the Achilles tendon. Best of all, your downtime will be a fraction of surgery, with little to no need for opioid pain medications or time off work. Call our patient care coordinators today to get started on your path to recovery.

Regenexx Benefits

  • Increased function
  • Pain reduction
  • Most individuals do not experience extensive downtime
  • Minimal time off of work
  • No surgery
  • Minimal use of mobility tools (crutches, etc.)
  • Minimal disruption of regular routine

10305 Southwest Park Way
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97225

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Vladimir Fiks, MD, is an interventional pain management physician at Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and also holds two board certifications in pain management. Dr. Fiks firmly believes in the restorative benefits of maintaining overall physical and mental wellness as part of the recovery process and finds the challenges of comprehensive pain management fascinating.

Dr. Fiks graduated from Saratov University in Saratov, Russia, before completing an internship at the Jefferson Frankford Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved west to finish his medical education, completing both a residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in pain management at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.

His commitment to delivering exceptional patient care drives Dr. Fiks to continually expand his medical education, not just in pain management but in other areas, too. It gives him a broad understanding of human diseases, and his patients benefit from his thoroughness.

Using an integrative approach, Dr. Fiks practices both medical and interventional pain therapies. He’s passionate about providing treatments that supplement conventional medicine and offers in-house physical therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Dr. Fiks speaks Spanish, English, and Russian.

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Areas treated: Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Elbow, Foot & Ankle, Hand & Wrist, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Shoulder, Thoracic Spine

Areas Treated

Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Elbow, Foot & Ankle, Hand & Wrist, Hip, Knee, Lumbar Spine, Shoulder, Thoracic Spine

*This provider is NOT authorized by Regenexx to treat the C0-C1 or C1-C2 levels of the neck or CCI (craniocervical instability).

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Faced with a tendon injury that made it impossible to run, Scott turned to Regenexx® which allowed him to return to his favorite activity.

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