Routine Care

Sometimes, even the simple task of cutting your toenails can be too much, we understand that. As we get older, it seems that our legs get longer; our arms shorter and our eyes don’t seem to focus properly.

During your routine Chiropody/Podiatry appointment, which lasts for about half an hour, we will cut and file your toenails and remove any hard skin or corns that we find.

Some patients like to have regular treatments every 6 to 8 weeks; some people come to have their ‘holiday feet’ so they look good whilst lying on the sun bed.

Swift

Swift is the newest and the most cutting edge method for treating and eliminating verruca – a virus of the skin that can cause painful lumps and warts on the feet. It is a specialised treatment that can only be provided by HCPC registered Podiatrists and Dermatologists.

By using targeted and precise microwave energy, Swift directly targets the cell of the verruca to treat them at the source, helping to destroy the virus. Unlike previous treatment options that are available, the Swift technique does not cause damage to the skin surrounding the verruca and therefore does not require dressing the affected area or cause any lingering pain.

While Swift does not lead to lingering pain, there may be discomfort felt during the application of the microwave energy, this discomfort is temporary and resolves quickly and you can continue with your day as soon as you put your shoes on.

While there are no guarantees with any treatment option, Swift has one of the highest success rates ever seen in clinical research, with an average success rate of 80% after 3 treatments sessions, this rate increases with further sessions .

Swift really is the front runner in the race to tackle verruca!

Ingrowing Toenails

The pain caused by an ingrowing toenail can be excruciating and can make a grown man cry!

No matter what the cause, we are the people to sort it out for you.

Primarily, we will always try to remove the offending spike in one treatment. However, sometimes no matter how hard we try this is not possible and the offending nail, either in part or completely has to be removed under Local Anaesthesia.

We will discuss all treatment options available to you before any treatment commences.

Healing of the affected toe is an individual process and unique to each patient, but on average patients are fully healed within 4-6 weeks. Dressing changes are part of the process and we will need to see you on a weekly basis until we are happy to discharge you as healed.

Gait Analysis and Orthotics

How human beings have walked has evolved over the millennia, but alas, we are not perfect and sometimes things can and do go wrong!

Foot and leg pain can be debilitating and seriously affect everyday life, we can help!

At times, simple stretching exercises are enough to combat the pain you that you are experiencing and sometimes a prescription for orthotics is needed.

Before we provide you with orthotics we will complete a Gait Analysis, watching the way you walk and place your feet, we will also complete a small joint assessment. This enables the Podiatrist to provide you with the best Orthotic for your condition.

Diabetic Foot Assessment

Diabetes is a chronic long term condition that is sadly increasing in the population.

Our primary concern as Podiatrists treating Diabetic patients is decreased sensation in the feet, this is a common effect of Diabetes and can cause serious problems for the diabetic patient.

If you have a diagnosis of Diabetes, let us know and will undertake a full circulatory and sensory assessment of your feet, this can then be carried out annually during a routine chiropody treatment

We complete an assessment report and send the results through to your GP.

Home Visits & Residential Home Visits

Although we are primarily a clinic based service, we do offer home visits to our elderly or infirm patients. Routine home and clinic treatments are very much the same however, there are some services such as Nail Surgery that cannot be carried out in a patients home setting.

Should the need for a complex treatment plan arise, any treatment options will be discussed with you during your home visit.

Home visit appointments are charged at a slightly higher rate than clinic appointments due to the added time required for travel to and from your home, you will be informed of the cost as part of the booking process and we are happy to answer any questions you may have.

We also offer our services to Residential/Nursing home settings, we are happy to attend and provide foot health care to all residents in a setting, this is usually carried out within a single day depending on the amount of people requiring care.