PROBLEMS

Perhaps you suffer one of the following:

  • Corns and Callus

 

  • Painful or Thickened Nails

 

  • In-growing Nails

 

  • Difficulty cutting nails

 

  • Verrucae (Warts)

 

  • Painful heels

 

  • Bunions, Hammer toes and painful joints

 

  • Some back, hip, knee or ankle pain

 

  • Running and Sports injuries

 

  • AT RISK feet (This can be a problem for people with Diabetes or Ischaemia)

 

 

 

A visit to our Clinic will involve

HISTORY TAKING


 EXAMINATION


 DIAGNOSIS


 TREATMENT

 

 

 

SOLUTIONS

  • Regular nail care programmes and painless cutting and drilling down of painful nails.

 

  • In-growing nails can be treated conservatively with trimming and packing. For difficult or recurring cases NAIL SURGERY is available to permanently correct the problem.

 

  • General Chiropody treatments are available for corns, callus and cracked heels.

 

  • Warts (verrucae) are treated with chemicals or, if persistent case, with RADIOSURGERY.

 

  • HEEL PAIN can be treated using a combination of therapies (ice, tape, ultrasound and, if necessary, orthotics).

 

  • Bunions, Hammer toes and other painful sites can be alleviated with padding, silicone shields, physical therapies and custom and stock insoles where necessary.

 

  • For problems which are biomechancial in origin then ORTHOTIC THERAPY is available if appropriate.

 

  • Regular nail and foot care is provided for Diabetic Patients. This includes regular monitoring of blood supply and sensory awareness in the feet. 
 

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