Podiatry is the health profession that deals 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 feet - flat feet, bunions, arch and top of foot pain
- Ankle Sprains
- Bunions - Hallux Valgus, Hallux Limitus, Hallux Rigidus
- Metatarsalgia - Pain across balls of the feet
- Shin Splints - Pain along the front of the shin
- Dance injuries - modern and Irish
- Runner's Knee - Knee pain, Arthritis, cartilage, chondromalicia
- Back Pain - low back pain, alignment, limb length discrepencies
- Sports Injuries - Arch Pain, Achilles Tendonits
- Diabetic Foot Problems
- 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
- Occupational Injuries
- Footwear assessment and prescription
and many more...........