Dr. Daniel Krapf

Specialist for Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Sports Orthopedics, Sports Surgery in Lucerne

Foot Center Lucerne· Töpferstrasse 5, 6004 Lucerne

+41 41 4194141

Dr. Krapf is a proven specialist in foot and ankle surgery who has gained an international reputation in these areas in particular - because his expertise is in demand for hallux valgus as well as for osteoarthritis or rheumatism. Many top athletes trust in his experience. He is also exactly the right specialist for advice on prevention and gait analysis.

Areas of focus

Foot surgery
Hallux valgus
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatism surgery
Sports injuries
Metatarsalgia
Morton’s neuroma
Flat valgus foot

Admission criteria

At least 10 years of surgical and treatment experience
Expertise in modern diagnostic and surgical procedures
An outstanding treatment focus within your own specialist area
Member of a leading national professional association
Leading professional position
Active participation in specialist events (e.g. lectures)
Active in research and teachin
Evaluated quality management (e.g. certification)
Member of a specialist society (e.g. GFFC, DAF) (Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery)
Completed medical degree in DE, AT or CH (Sports Surgery)
Completed medical degree in DE, AT or CH (Sports Traumatology)

About Dr. Daniel Krapf

Dr. Daniel Krapf, specialist in orthopedic surgery and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, has led the Foot Center in Lucerne since 2018. He also directs the Department of Orthopedics at St. Anna im Bahnhof and the Orthopedic Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory at the renowned Hirslanden Private Hospital Group in Meggen. Dr. Krapf is also the Team Doctor of the Lucerne Soccer Club.

Not only professional soccer players are cared for at the Foot Center, but also many athletes of all performance classes in various forms of sport. Together with the emergency treatment of injuries, individualized injury prevention, training optimization and the customization of equipment (in particular, sports shoes) also have priority.

Dr. Krapf has acquired a variety of certificates which underline his expertise in foot surgery, including the Specialist Foot Surgery Certificate of the German Foot Surgery Association and the Microsurgery Certificate of the University of Basle. The focus of the specialist in foot surgery is on the surgical and conservative treatment of chronic and acute conditions of the foot and ankle. Dr. Krapf’s work also focuses on biomechanical gait analysis of the feet.

Conservative treatments include, for example, the customization of special orthopedic shoes, insoles and ortheses, as well as targeted physical therapy application. Surgical procedures on the forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot and on the ankle include the treatment of hammer toes and claw toes, tendon displacement, infections, instability, bone fractures, osteoarthritis, ruptured tendon and prosthetic ankles, for example.

The specialists at the Dr. Krapf Foot Center work in interdisciplinary collaboration across a variety of specialist fields. Thus, the patient’s primary care physician, as well as, for example, rheumatologists, orthopedic shoemakers and physical therapists are closely involved in the treatment. This collaboration enables a comprehensive consideration and treatment of the patient’s condition.

The Orthopedic Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory under the medical supervision of Dr. Krapf provides state-of-the-art facilities and competent personnel; here, the patient’s condition can also be analyzed over and above the physical and x-ray examination. A thorough diagnosis and precise planning of the treatment are the best prerequisites for outstanding and sustainable treatment results. During the treatment, Dr. Krapf accompanies his patients on the road back to their personal goals in everyday life and in sport.

The Dr. Krapf Foot Center is the right place to go for all medical questions on the topic of feet: here, you will be given personal advice, your questions will be answered and your personalized treatment will be set up together with you.

Facts & experience

Scoring of the expert courses (Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery)

over 8

Minimum requirement: 8

Foot surgeries in the last 2 years (Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery)

over 400

Minimum requirement: 200

Reconstructive foot surgeries (Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery)

over 70%

Interventions on the rearfoot (Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery)

over 50

Minimum requirement: 50

Course days (Sports Surgery)

over 8

Minimum requirement: 8

Course days (Sports Traumatology)

over 8

Minimum requirement: 8

Special offers / services / rooms

You can speak to us / contact us in the following languages: German, English, Hungarian, French and Italian. We would be happy to arrange a translator for other languages following prior request
Central and convenient location, directly in the Lucerne rail station
Biomechanics Laboratory, large team of specialists in various specialist fields

Therapeutic services

Conservative Therapy:

Tailored conservative therapy (provision of shoes, insoles and ortheses)
Physical Therapy, Sports Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine (exercise therapy, shockwave therapy, PRP-autohemotherapy, local therapies, ultrasound, iontophoresis, osteopathy, lymphatic drainage and out-patient rehabilitation)
Optimization of athletes’ training according to individual biomechanics and anatomy

Surgical Therapy:

The Foot Center Lucerne performs surgery on the forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot and on the ankle and also provides follow-up treatment and post-surgical examinations.
All conservative and surgical foot and ankle procedures, out-patient and in-patient surgery
Surgery and examination of other areas of the musculoskeletal system are arranged jointly with the appropriate specialists.

Surgery Site:

We perform surgery at the St. Anna Hirslanden Hospital in Lucerne, the Uster Hospital in the Canton of Zurich and at the Meggen Hirslanden Hospital

Diagnostic services

Clinical examination
Compartment pressure measurement following load
First standing slice X-ray Cone Beam CT in Switzerland for imaging the feet in standing position
Magnetic resonance tomography (MRI) and ultrasound (at the St. Anna im Bahnhof Health Center)
Professional and scientific motion analysis in the Orthopedic Biomechanics and Motion Analysis Laboratory
Running analysis on the treadmill
Computed tomography (including dual-energy) and scintigraphy examination (in the St. Anna Hospital)
Diagnostic procedures and arthroscopy