Tri-County Health Care partners with Essentia podiatrist

Through a partnership between Essentia Health and Tri-County Health Care, Annette Bartel, D.P.M., will provide outreach through Tri-County’s specialty services starting Thursday, June 7. She will offer treatment and diagnoses for a wide variety of foot and ankle conditions at the Wadena clinic. One of her favorite aspects of podiatry is helping her patients get back on their feet and back to doing the things they love.

Podiatry services offered by Bartel include:

• Achilles tendinitis
• Bunionettes and bunions
• Diabetic foot
• Flat feet
• Hammertoes
• Plantar fasciitis
• Sever’s disease
• Shin splints
• Tarsal tunnel syndrome
• Toenail disorders
• Fungal infections and warts
• Sprains, fractures and instability
• Tendon injuries
• Arthritis
• Deformities

Bartel earned a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Des Moines University College of Podiatric Medicine in Des Moines, Iowa. She completed a podiatric residency at the Gundersen Medical Foundation in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

To learn more about podiatry services at Tri-County, call 218-631-3510 or visit TCHC.org.

ABOUT TRI-COUNTY HEALTH CARE

Tri-County Health Care is a private, not-for-profit health care system located in Wadena, Minnesota. It offers care services such as minimally invasive surgery, cancer care, diagnostic imaging, obstetrics and rehabilitation. Tri-County operates a 25-bed hospital and medical clinic in Wadena, as well as six satellite clinics and three physical therapy clinics across Todd, Wadena and Otter Tail counties. Satellite clinic locations include Henning, Bertha, Ottertail, Sebeka, Verndale and Baxter. Visit TCHC.org.