Foot Focus Podiatry

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Hands on clinic

We are amazingly created and all parts link together.  To discover more how this is so you need to see a podiatrist who is hands on with their assessment and treatment, not a podiatrist who simply asks questions.

We love musculoskeletal conditions (basically anything to do with muscles and joints) and our thorough assessment takes into consideration how your body functions, walks and runs from your feet right up to your pelvis.

We use

For a quick summary of all these please refer to our additional courses table below.

So why not come and see us for us for advice on how your feet may also be contributing to possible knee, hip or back pain concerns.

We also love using all the mainstream podiatry tools – such as at-home exercises, strengthening, footwear and orthoses (shoe inserts/orthotics)

It is a combination of our training, additional courses and over 100 years of combined knowledge and patient care that enables Foot Focus Podiatry to best look after your foot and lower limb concerns.  We work closely as a team which comes in handy for patients with more complex needs.

 

Additional manual therapy courses

Therapy Courses Table

Therapy Courses

Course What? Benefits to You
Mobilisation of joints Correction of joint movement – quality and range. Particularly useful for generalised achy or stiff feet and legs. Also beneficial for chronic problems.
Muscle dry needling & Trigger point release Unlocking the soft tissue that is involved in the pain. A fast and effective way to remove “muscle knots”.
Strain-Counterstrain Therapy that identifies tender points within your fascia. A gentle, very fast (90 secs) and effective way of helping fascial tightness which causes dysfunction and pain.
Laser therapy (LLLT) Works on a cellular level influencing the course of metabolic processes. Can be used on most conditions but is particularly beneficial in treating painful scars & chronic ankle/muscle injuries.
Osteopathy Mobilisation & manipulation techniques for the foot and ankle. Allows diagnosis of foot dysfunction based on osteopathic biomechanics and palpation of motion testing. These gentle techniques are beneficial in restoring joint movement and quality of movement.
Advanced orthotic therapy Comprehensive understanding of how orthoses (shoe inserts) are made. This ensures greater individualisation when making your orthoses.
Acupuncture Inserting and manipulating needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes. Allows for additional pain relief.
  • Winograd procedure- This procedure will be done in hospital setting under local and or general anaesthesia and it is reserved upon failure of the phenolization or if there is significant amount of skin overlapping the nail with soft tissue growth. This procedure involves removing a portion of the skin along with the nail down to the level of the bone. Sutures (stitches) will be applied to close the surgical site. The procedure takes about 10-15 minutes to be performed and your foot will be bandaged. You will be seen within first 5 days and then the sutures will be removed in 10-14 days. Currently this procedure can only be performed by Reza Naraghi (podiatric surgeon).  He will prescribe appropriate pain medication for your post-operative pain management. You will be in open sandal and or post op shoe for 2 weeks. This is not for everyone (especially if you don’t like seeing surgical procedures) but should you be keen to see a step by step process involved in a Winograd then please click here.
  • Zadik Procedure- This procedure is used with permanent total nail removal is desired. The indications for the procedure are significant ingrowing nail on both borders, thickened and painful nails and bony growth under the nailbed. This procedure can be done under local with sedation and or under general anaesthesia at a hospital and or day surgery centre. Sutures will be applied and will be removed 14 days post surgery. You can not get your foot wet and your foot will be in a sterile bandage for 2-3 weeks. You may need pain medication post surgery. On average it will take six weeks for your nail bed area to heal. Following that you can wear most close shoes.

Matrixectomy with phenolization- This procedure involves removing the nail partially or totally and ablating (destroying) the root using a weak acid called phenol. This will cause permanent ablation of the root of the offending nail and prevent ingrown nail recurrence. This procedure is successful 95% of the time. The procedure takes about 10-15 minutes and can be performed in our rooms using local anaesthesia with or without sedation. Post operatively you will be required to soak your toe and apply a daily dressing. Wearing open toe shoes for at least 3-4 days is recommended. You maybe required to take oral antibiotics. Most patients do not require pain medication following the procedure, and if needed Panadol is sufficient for pain management. You can go back to regular shoes after one week.  This is not for everyone (especially if you don’t like seeing surgical procedures) but should you be keen to see a step by step process involved in a partial nail matrixectomy with phenolisation then please click here.