DuPage Podiatry Center

The first visit I went, Dr. Nichols said I had a neuroma. He injected my foot with cortisone, without asking my if I wanted the injection or discussing what the injection was even for. It was very painful! He used a 2″ long needle that went between my toes and through my foot. The worst part is, my foot now had ANOTHER pain for a week and a half from the shot. It did not help at all but made my pain worse! The bill for the shot that I didn’t even ask for was $ 140!!! And he acted like it would cost nothing and forced me to get it when we were one-​on-​one in the patient room.
I went back to Dr. Nichols a month later complaining of the same foot pain. He still thought it was a neuroma, and said to look and see if my insurance would pay for custom orthotics (otherwise $ 800). He had no real answer or diagnosis for me, even after taking X-​Rays.
Two weeks later, I went to a Sports Medicine doctor in the Cadance physician group. He said that I most definitely did not have a neuroma as Dr. Nichols said, but that my issue was metartarsalglia. He told me where to get a ball of the foot pad that would support my big toe up while I was running extra long distances. It has worked! And now I’m able to run 10 + miles without pain!
My experience with Dr. Nichols definitely left a bad taste in my mouth. Seeing a specialist isn’t cheep! And then they stabbed me with another $ 140 bill! Awful.