Chiropody Services
This includes foot care if you have a particular problem, or are simply unable to reach your feet, or else just want them to look good.
Chiropody services include:
- Toenail cutting
- Thinning and reshaping nails
- Corn and callus removal
- Cracked heels reduction
- Diabetic foot health check annual MOT
- Treatment for fungal nail infection and athlete’s foot
- Advice on the best products to apply for dry skin
- Silicone and otoform devices to help offload pressure areas
- Simple treatment of verrucae
What to Expect
When people come to see me at the clinic they are first given a full foot assessment to check for any medical issues and rule out any major problems.
If you have painful feet you may walk differently to try to avoid it hurting and this can then affect your back or other parts of the body without you realising. This can lead to lower back pain, hip and knee pain and aching joints. I can perform a biomechanical assessment and provide corrective orthotic supports if necessary and provide foot health education to help alleviate painful symptoms.
I can remove corns and hard skin (callus), and deal with troublesome toe nails quickly and often painlessly – it can make a real difference instantly.
Feet are a personal thing which is why people don’t like showing them and they worry that a visit to a podiatrist is going to be painful and invasive, but it really isn’t.
Podiatry services
Podiatry services are somewhat more advanced and include orthopaedic assessment, orthotics and surgical treatment for ingrowing toenails.