Our Proven Method

Our Proven Method is a proprietary approach designed to deliver definitive answers for patients, helping them reach their goals and become their best selves.

We combine an unhurried lifestyle discovery, a comprehensive exam, and state-of-the-art imaging to achieve absolute diagnostic clarity. Diagnostic confidence builds treatment momentum; it empowers us to present a scientifically backed strategy—leveraging advanced regenerative therapies and, when necessary, precise minimally invasive surgery.

This precision-driven approach lets us share a trusted roadmap to restore your mobility and get you back to the life you love, ultimately resulting in a professional partnership.

The Lifestyle Discovery

• A pain point is holding you back from your active life, or you are seeking answers for a specific diagnosis or treatment.
  
• The Goal Alignment Audit identifies and resolves what is stopping you—eliminating key dangers, capturing new opportunities, and maximizing your physical strengths.
  
• We do not just ask where it hurts; we uncover what foot pain is taking away from your life so you feel truly heard.
  
• Whether your goal is returning to workouts, playing tennis, walking 18 holes of golf, or traveling comfortably, we map your treatment around your personal lifestyle “Why.”

Precision Evaluation & Diagnostics

• We perform a comprehensive clinical evaluation—listening intently to your full health history, specific pain points, and mobility goals so we understand the exact impact on your daily life.
  
• We utilize Northern California’s ONLY CurveBeam™ PedCAT® weight-bearing 3D CT scanner to isolate the structural cause of your pain in minutes; Because you cannot fix a complex three dimensional problem with a two-dimensional X-ray.

Our Proprietary Treatment Philosophy – The 10R Strategy Session

• Its our experience that patients want options but love a plan, especially when it’s all about your future and our experience and knowledge.
  
• Dr. Metaxas informs and simplifies your care using our proprietary 10-R™ Treatment Philosophy. (*Reduce, Regenerate, Realign, Restore*)
  
• We prioritize non-surgical, biological and regenerative options first, and when surgery is necessary, perform it using precise, minimally invasive techniques.

The Doctor – Patient Relationship

• For over 100 years and four generations, families across the San Francisco Peninsula have trusted us with their care.
  
• We are honored to have three generations of the same families as patients. You will see clients with our gear on the campuses of our community’s most noted companies.
  
• Patients trust us with their care, traveling nationally, and internationally. Their success is our success, and they are our greatest ambassadors.
  
• We serve as your direct foot and ankle specialty care partner—providing state of the art care whenever you need us.