Podiatry is a registered health profession dealing with the management of conditions affecting all aspects of the anatomy of the foot and lower extremity. This includes conditions affecting the skin, nerves, tendons, bones, joints and ligaments of the lower limbs.
Common Podiatric conditions treated include:
- HEEL PAIN - Heel Spurs and nerve entrapments
- Plantar Fasciaitis
- Sports Podiatry
- Painful Foot - Arch Pain, Flat Feet, Bunions, Pronation and associated conditions
- Bunions - Hallux Valgus, Hallux Limitus, Hallux Rigidus
- Metatarsalgia - Pain across balls of the feet
- Shin Splints - Pain along the front of the shin
- Runner's Knee - Knee pain, Arthritis, cartilage, chondromalicia
- Back Pain - low back pain, alignment, limb length discrepencies
- Sports Injuries - Arch Pain, Achilles Tendonitis
- Ankle Sprains
- Diabetic Foot Problems
- Dance injuries - Irish and modern dance
- Arthritic conditions of the lower extremity - Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Toe Deformities - Hammer and Clawed Toes
- Sports shoes - trainers, ice skates, ski boot alignment
- Forefoot Pain - Metetarsalgia, Neuromas, Bursitis, Plantar Plate Tears
- Chrildren's Conditions - Osgood Schlatters, Sever's Disease, Osteochendroses
- Skin and Nail Infections - Fungal Infections, Tinea Pedis
- Verrucae Treatments
- Occupational Injuries
- Footwear assessment and prescription