Office: Dr. Stephen M. Pribut

Welcome to our office web site. We have a friendly and relaxed environment which will make your visits pleasant, enjoyable and relaxing. Whether you have a sports injury, are suffering from heel spurs, tendonitis, ankle sprains, ingrowing toenails, blisters, broken bones or bringing in your child or grandparent we maintain the highest professional standards in our specialty.

Being healthy and active is the key to happiness at any age. When you suffer foot, ankle or leg pain that limits your exercise regimen it can affect your mental state and everything else important to you. We provide an carefully crafted individualized treatment plan that will put you back on track to resuming your normal activities.

At our office, we offer comprehensive care. Podiatric Medical care specializes in diseases and injuries involving bones, joints, muscles and tendons of the foot and ankle. We focus on not only treatment, but also on prevention and rehabilitation. We will review your unique needs and formulate our treatment plan taking these needs into account.

We are experienced in treating people of all ages. We see patients from infants to the elderly. You will be treated like a member of our family.

Dr. Pribut has been in private practice in Washington, D.C. since 1980. His practice specializes in Podiatric Sports Medicine, Biomechanics and Foot Surgery. He has also been active in computer sciences since the early 1980's. His work with computers include a variety of languages from the AI languages Lisp and Prolog to Pascal, Perl, Java, C, and C++. He has been involved in the use of the Internet as a communications medium for many years. His sports medicine web site has been a useful resource for several million visitors since 1995. The purpose of this page is to provide useful information to patients on both foot health matters and about his practice.

Contact Information

Telephone: 202-298-6830

Postal address: 2141 K Street, N.W., Suite 702, Washington, D.C. 20037
Electronic mail: General Information: dr.pribut-at-gmail.com

Running Highlight

The Do's and Dont's of Winter Running

1. Dress in layers. Use light weight wicking fibers as the layer closest to your body.

2. Do wear socks made of synthetic fibers that wick moisture away from your skin to help prevent blisters and athlete's foot.

3. Remember that your head may be responsible for about 40% of heat loss. Keep your head covered and wear gloves.

4. Apply skin protection using sun block and moisturizers as appropriate. UV exposure is not good in the winter as well as summer.

5. Don't forget to replace your fluids on long runs.

6. Warm up slowly and gently before your runs and especially before doing speed work.

7. Do wear sport specific running shoes. Running shoes do not have the lateral support needed for tennis. Help yourself avoid ankle sprains and other injuries and do fit your running shoes or other sports shoes with the type of sock you intend to wear them with. Do replace your running shoes often. Replace them at least every 350 - 450 miles run.

8. Don't run on ice. Beware of Black Ice on the pavement.

9. Be careful running in low light conditions both because of road traffic, uneven pavement and also be aware of increased balance problems.

10. Don't do speedwork in bone chilling cold. You are risking injury. Most wise runners use this season for maintenance runs.

About Dr. Pribut: Dr. Pribut is a past President of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM), and past President of the District of Columbia Podiatric Medical Association. He served as Chair of the AAPSM Shoe Committee for 5 years. He currently serves on the American Podiatric Medical Association's Clinical Practice Advisory Committee and as a member of the AAPSM Shoe Committee. Dr. Pribut is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at George Washington University Medical School. Additional Information on the About Page

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Stephen M. Pribut, D.P.M.

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