Today was my first visit to Southwest Foot and Ankle and was impressed. The staff was quite…read morefriendly and seemed knowledgeable. The doctor actually took time sit down to talk to me and listen to my concerns. He explained all my options to what I needed done right away and what could wait.. When needed, I will return to this office.

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Unlike other patient who gave this office a bad review, I'm going to assume they were at a…read moredifferent office. I have never experienced a bad moment at this office. I've been going there since Dr Ed was still practicing there. The staff is always wonderful. This includes the front desk, the nurses or techs who get you ready to see the Dr, in this case Patrick Barnes. I'm the typical patient who checks things out on the internet. I was convinced I had a plantar wart on my heel as it presented the same way was pictures showed. In fact I was self treating with OTC Compound W since we were out of town for 20 days. Dr Barnes came in smiled and greeted me as always and said let's take a look. He positioned my foot just so and began the exam. He had to clean away my handiwork and within minutes of his walking in, he found a small piece of springy wire! He quickly pulled it out, clean up the wound and applied a triple antibiotic and bandaid. I was out the door in mere minutes. It's now been over 24 hours since seeing him. I changed his bandage after my morning shower, applying triple antibiotic and a new bandaid. I was in the yard all day racking and hauling leaves, after getting a tetanus shot at my own PCP. I have 0 pain now, unless I press directly on it. I'm confident I will be 100% after the Thanksgiving holiday. So, I highly suggest you give them a try. Whatever previous experiences others have had, that's too bad. I can't recommend Dr. Barnes enough! I am so thankful he puts up with me and my diagnosis and treatments. My intent was good, but I missed the mark. I will leave future concerns to him as he is a consummate professional. Thank you very much!

Im going to give a three star review. Only because the Doctor was so good andvthe front office…read moremanager helped with insurance. Ive only called twice both times I would hv walked away if my entire transaction HAD to funneled thru the receptionist. I called to see if my inserts were done. I was put on hold 10-15 seconds to "check". Immediately they were done. I started to ask a question. The response was I don't know where they are at, the office managers at lunch and I swamped. Im sure she wanted to hang up. I heard: I don't care about yr order Its not my fault Its a mad house up front Don't ask whatever silly question you have -- IM very busy SIR Both times I was doing simple fact finding. Both times I felt angry I wanted to say something. She cut me off before I could ask anything. . IMHO this lady shouldn't be near a telephone let alone TALK to clients. Is it let's anger yr customer's day AGAIN? My mission First time: I wanted to place an order. Second time: I wanted to pick up the orthodics or see when I could get them?

Worst scheduling process of any medical office I've been to. Tried calling to make an appointment…read morefor my aunt when they opened at 8:30. On hold for almost 10 minutes without anyone picking up. Ok, they had just opened and were maybe getting lots of calls. Tried calling about an hour and a half later, got a message that someone would pick up in approximately 16 minutes. Never did. When you call there are lots of options. I chose 2 which was to make an appointment or talk to the receptionist. Then I had to chose 1 if it was regarding an appointment already scheduled or 2 if it was for a new patient. No option to select make an appointment for an established patient. Selected 1, no one picked up, disconnected me after about 8 minutes. Then I tried 2, even though my aunt is not a new patient. On hold for over 10 minutes, then someone finally picked up only to tell me I called the wrong line, which I get because I was just trying to get a hold of anyone. Sounded like he was in a call center in another country, had a hard time understanding what he was telling me. Put me on hold to try and connect me to the correct line. He couldn't get a hold of anyone either, so told me he left my number for someone to call me back. No call back after waiting 3 hours, so I tried calling again. Of course I couldn't get through, so I left a message with my phone number. I've just never had this much trouble getting a hold of a doctor's office when originally trying to call first thing in the morning. It's now almost 4:30 and they'll be closing soon. There may be great doctors, but if you can't get ahold of anyone to make an appointment what's the point. I was being persistent because an ER doctor said to get my aunt in as soon as possible.

my boyfriend went in for his nail, it was slammed at his job and grew back bad so we went in for an…read morein grown toenail removal. the receptionist are not welcoming or friendly but Nayadora and Dr Summi we're amazing. they explained the whole process and made us laugh and feel very comfortable. they answered all of our questions even if they were silly. they are the best care you can get for something that can be a bit scary. amazing care and they keep everything clean just wish the reception matched the rest of the place.

Looking for relief for your foot/ankle pain? Choose somewhere else. I had the worst medical…read moreexperience I've ever had at this place last month. I have been having ongoing pain in my foot/ankle for months and had already been to see my primary care physician with no relief for my issue. I found this place through my insurance website and made an appointment in mid-December 2025 in the hopes that seeing a specialist would help me. From the moment I entered the exam room, things didn't go well. The nurse was snippy with me because I did not want to have radiographs taken. My primary care physician had already done that, and they showed that nothing was broken. If viewing the radiographs was necessary for the doctor, I felt the person with whom I made the appointment should have made sure to ask me to have them sent over ahead of time, and I told the nurse that. The nurse told me that they normally don't ask you to send them over because "the doctor likes to take his own." Ok... except I wasn't paying for something for the second time when I knew it wasn't going to show anything anyway, so I refused, and the nurse was visibly irritated with me. I then saw Dr. Buddecke. After speaking with me for a couple minutes, he declared I had plantar fasciitis, because it is evidently very common and "everybody gets that." He did no exam, relied on no medical testing or imaging, and did not even watch me walk or stand. His solution was that I needed to ice it, which I had already been doing for weeks, all while the pain worsened. When I gave him a skeptical look, he snapped. He questioned me what would I prescribe? was I a doctor? because he'd been a doctor for twenty plus years, so of course he knew everything about everything. By the time he was done, he was pretty much yelling at me as I sat in stunned silence. It was extremely unprofessional behavior. It's also ironic how his twenty plus years of experience gave me the same generalized solution as a five second google search on pain relief methods. The nurse then came back in and attempted to sell me $50 shoe insoles because evidently better arch support would be the answer to all my problems. They couldn't possibly know anything about the shape of my feet or arches since they never examined me but ok... These were foam, one-size-fits-all/trim-to-fit insoles like any found in a drugstore, only four times more expensive. I asked what made them different from cheaper insoles, and the nurse couldn't/wouldn't answer that question, so I chose not to buy them. The nurse then wrapped the arch of my foot in an ACE bandage and left the exam room. No have a nice day, happy holidays, call us back if the pain persists, nothing, just more rude behavior. I made my own way out of the office, no closer to a cure or solution than when I had arrived. I ended up getting billed $89 for "surgical outpatient services - strapping of foot or ankle" for the ACE bandage the nurse wrapped around my foot. In total, I ended up paying well over $100 (even after insurance) to be yelled at and for an ACE bandage. I have since returned to my primary care physician, who ordered an MRI of my foot/ankle and sent me to a different orthopedist. It turns out I tore a tendon and a ligament in my ankle but did absolutely nothing to my plantar fascia. No amount of ice and arch support was going to fix this. If you actually have plantar fasciitis and don't mind being treated rudely and overpaying, maybe this place would be able to help you. Otherwise, stay far away.

The good was that they did cure my ailment for my foot. The bad is they had me thinking that the…read moredoctor that was helping me was a surgeon just in case I needed surgery and that wasn't true. They kinda let me on and not tell what is really going on

Our daughter saw Dr. Little because she had ingrown toe nail that needed to be removed. He was a…read morevery nice and kept her calm during the procedure. Staff is really nice.