PEDIATRIC FOOT & ANKLE

I highly recommend Dr. Mikkel Jarman at Pediatric Foot and Ankle in Chandler, AZ, he is an amazing and excellent doctor and surgeon, he’s professional yet personable, very kind, understanding, and patient, and extremely knowledgeable in his field of expertise, he takes the time with his patients and is very good at explaining and communicating to his patients and to the parents too, he’s so good at helping, encouraging, working with, and communicating with children and teens, also at calming any anxieties.

My son, now 15 years old, has been a toe walker since he started walking at 1 year old, we tried physical therapy for years and saw no improvement, we went to several professionals for help but all kept saying to keep reminding him to place his heels down and none understanding that there was something more structurally that was preventing him from doing this,(until we met Dr. Jarman:), the toe walking limited him on what he could do from simple daily activities, to leisure activities like sports or going to an amusement park, the toe walking caused him to be in pain and to walk differently and to feel like life was going to be a struggle, not only was physical but emotional pain that he was going through, I prayed and searched the internet for a doctor that could help him, especially with him being a teenager now, was looking for someone who would be able to help someone older than a young child, and I found Dr. Mikkel Jarman and saw how he explained the toe walking condition and saw that he had videos of other kids who had gone through similar with toe walking and how he had helped them and I knew in my heart that this was the one doctor who could help him.

(We live in a different state than him, but it is every bit worth it to go see this doctor, and we needed to update our insurance to ppo, but I am telling you, it is all worth it to see this doctor.) So I reached out to his office to schedule an appointment and his team at Pediatric Foot and Ankle were all very friendly and helpful.

Our first visit with Dr Jarman went great, my son was able to have xrays done in the office which was very convenient and Dr Jarman reviewed the xrays right away and did a thorough check, he explained to us what was going on with and within my sons legs, ankles, and feet, something that no one else in previous years in my search for help for my son was able to do, but Dr. Jarman with his extensive knowledge and understanding in this area was able to, and now we finally knew why my son was not able to put his heels down. Dr. Jarman then explained what he recommended and our options for treatment, but with no pressure, he left it to our decision, he was so good with my son and at evaluating and explaining my son’s condition and his recommendations to help him. We drove home and took time the next days to think about everything and then decided on opting for the surgeries to correct his toe walking.

He had his first surgery for his left leg and foot in March for achilles tendon lengthening with Dr. Jarman, Dr Jarman went above and beyond and did an amazing job with the surgery and completed not only the achilles tendon lengthening but identified and completed other things that needed done while he was in there to correct my son’s toe walking(Achilles tendon lengthening, excision of low-lying soleus, posterior capsule release, and Steindler stripping plantar fascial release), he guided us through the recovery process and was there for us and was patient with us when we had any questions and needed guidance. My son just had his second surgery with Dr. Jarman for the right leg and foot done in May with the same outcome as the first.

We are very pleased with Dr. Jarman’s exceptional quality work in the surgeries that he did for my son and are so thankful to have had the privilege of having Dr Jarman as my son’s doctor and surgeon, he has been wonderful throughout this whole process and we are excited for our son’s new start in life that he will be able to walk with his heels down and will be able to do things that he wasn’t able to do.

-Jackie Magnuson