Treatments
These are the treatments carried out at the clinic. If you are not sure which one applies to you, there is no need to decide before coming: at the first appointment the foot is examined and you are told what can be done and in what order.
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Chiropody
The core foot-health treatment: hard skin and callus removal, nail cutting and filing, and a check of the skin and weight-bearing areas.
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Ingrown toenails
When the edge of the nail digs into the skin and the area becomes inflamed. The spicule causing the pain is removed and the cause addressed.
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Plantar warts
A plantar wart is a viral lesion on the sole of the foot. It hurts when you step and it needs treatment: it rarely clears on its own.
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Fungal and bacterial infections
Nails that change colour or thicken, skin that itches or flakes between the toes. The first step is knowing what it is: not everything is fungal.
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Gait and footprint assessment
Looking at how you stand and how you walk, to understand where the pain comes from. It is the step before deciding whether insoles are needed.
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Custom insoles
Insoles made from an impression of your foot and from what the gait assessment showed. Not a size off the shelf: your foot.
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Silicone orthoses
Silicone devices moulded to measure directly on the foot to separate, protect or realign a toe that rubs or hurts.
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Children’s podiatry
A child’s foot is still growing, and that changes the criteria: some things are normal at three years old and not at seven.
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Diabetic foot
Regular foot checks for people with diabetes. The aim is to keep a small problem from becoming a big one.