Pinecrest's Foot & Ankle Care

The drive from Pinecrest to Katz Regenerative Foot & Ankle at 475 Biltmore Way, Suite 108, Coral Gables is approximately 8 miles — about 20 to 25 minutes via US-1 North. It's a straightforward, well-lit commute with minimal turns. Our office is conveniently located just off US-1 with on-site parking, making the trip from Pinecrest, Palmetto Estates, and the Old Cutler Road corridor particularly easy. For patients coming from the southern end of Pinecrest near the Palmetto Bay border, allow a few extra minutes during evening rush hour on US-1, or consider taking Old Cutler Road to SW 72nd Avenue as an alternative.

Yes. Katz Regenerative Foot & Ankle accepts most major insurance plans, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, Medicare, Medicaid, AvMed, Oscar Health, and Ambetter — all widely carried by Pinecrest families and employers in the Coral Gables–South Dade corridor. We also see a high volume of family patients and youth athletes from the Pinecrest area, and our front desk team is experienced at handling both adult and pediatric billing. We recommend calling our office at (305) 442-1780 to verify your specific plan and benefit tier before your first visit.

By volume, plantar fasciitis is the most frequent diagnosis among our Pinecrest patients — driven by the community's exceptionally active lifestyle. Between the running paths along Old Cutler Road, youth travel sports at Evelyn Greer Park, and adult tennis leagues at the Pinecrest Community Center, the repetitive loading patterns that cause plantar fasciitis are extremely common in this zip code. Pediatric sports injuries are a close second: Sever's disease (heel apophysitis in growing athletes), ankle sprains, and stress fractures in young runners and soccer players represent a meaningful share of our Pinecrest caseload. Adult Achilles tendonitis in recreational tennis and golf players rounds out the top three.

Absolutely. Dr. Jordan Katz has extensive experience treating pediatric and adolescent foot and ankle conditions, which are prevalent among Pinecrest's youth athletic community. Conditions we regularly treat in young athletes include Sever's disease (calcaneal apophysitis — the most common cause of heel pain in children ages 8–14), Iselin's disease, stress fractures of the metatarsals and navicular, ankle sprains with ligament laxity, and tarsal coalition. Dr. Katz takes a growth-plate-aware approach to all pediatric cases, using conservative and regenerative options first and avoiding protocols that could interfere with normal development. Parents appreciate that he takes time to explain the diagnosis and recovery timeline in terms the athlete can understand.

Patients make this choice regularly — and the consistent feedback is that the additional 20 minutes is well worth it for the level of care available. The core difference is Dr. Katz's regenerative medicine focus: rather than defaulting to cortisone injections or referring to surgery, his practice leads with shockwave therapy (ESWT), platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and precision custom orthotics. For Pinecrest athletes who need to return to sport on a defined timeline, active retirees who want lasting resolution rather than temporary relief, and families managing pediatric sports injuries, the regenerative approach consistently outperforms conventional podiatry. The practice also maintains a 4.9-star average across more than 200 verified reviews — a level of patient satisfaction that reflects both clinical outcomes and the quality of care experience.