For board-certified podiatric surgery in Encinitas, Brad Ruetenik, DPM at SoCal Foot Care holds FACFAS credentials and a California Ankle Certificate from the state Board of Podiatric Medicine (license E3866) on North El Camino Real. Surgical training at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton — where the practice maintained a contracted podiatric surgeon role from 1994 through 2013 at both Camp Pendleton and Naval Medical Center San Diego — developed the trauma and biomechanical expertise now applied to civilian sports-injury cases, complementing the neuromusculoskeletal assessments at Calispine Functional Neurology. A Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from the California College of Podiatric Medicine (1991) and a Clinical Assistant Professorship at Western University of Health Sciences inform the treatment of plantar fasciitis, flatfoot reconstruction, and diabetic wound care. The Encinitas office provides in-house digital radiography, diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, MLS Laser Therapy for soft-tissue inflammation, and Lunula cold-laser onychomycosis treatment, a diagnostic scope that supports the referral network connecting podiatric specialists with Encinitas-area primary care physicians including Dr. Perry W. Sexton, MD. Highest-tier procedures include rearfoot reconstructive osteotomy using locking-plate fixation, Lapidus bunionectomy with first tarsometatarsal arthrodesis, and total ankle joint replacement.