Services
General Foot Care - Skin and Nail Care
Thickened nails, corns, calluses, blisters, dry and cracked skin, Tinea pedis infections. Everything Skin and Nail related in the feet, we can treat.
From helping those unable to reach their feet, to treating tough, thickened toenails. We have state-of-the art equipment and techniques to attend to your skin and nail conditions and provide education on how to maintain your feet to keep you upright and pain-free. Dry, cracked heels? Corns and calluses causing you pain with every step? Our Podiatrists are here to help.
Diabetes Assessments
Yearly Diabetes Foot Assessments play a crucial role in early diagnosis and prevention of nasty complications Diabetes may have on your legs and feet.
Diabetes can cause many complications in the body, Diabetes-related complications, include Foot and Ankle ulcers, Gangrene, Amputation, loss of feeling in the feet, balance issues, increased risk of infections or cellulitis and bone/joint changes in the feet.
Our Podiatrists are skilled in conducting Diabetes Foot Assessments and providing you with education relating to the negative effects Diabetes may have on your feet and legs as well as techniques you can employ in everyday life to reduce the risk of these issues occurring.
Biomechanical Assessments and Footwear Education
We provide Biomechanical and Footwear Assessments and education to keep you comfortable in your shoes and on your feet.
Aching feet after working long hours or experincing foot, heel, ankle, knee, hip or back pain?
Our experienced Podiatrists provide Biomechanial and Footwear assessments to diagnose your aches and pains, providing education on the cause of these pains as well as friendly advice regarding footwear and activity modification for long-term relief.
Innersole and Orthotic Therapy
Our Podiatrists are experienced and proficient in both Orthotic therapy and innersole modifications to provide your feet with the support they deserve.
At times, whether due to factors inside the body, such as foot structure or age, or external factors, such as walking surfaces, footwear and activity levels, injuries may occur. Our Podiatrists are experienced and proficient in diagnosing and treating these conditions and may prescribe orthotic therapy or modify the innersoles of your existing shoes to alleviate the pain and treat these injuries.
Please don’t forget to bring in the shoes you regularly wear so we can assess them and provide advice on whether innersole modification or Orthotic therapy is required.
Ingrown Toenail Care including Nail Surgery
Our Podiatrists are experienced and provide the highest level of care and advanced techniques required to treat ingrown toenails. Including, if required, Ingrown Toenail Surgery.
Ingrown toenails can occur due to nail care techniques or may be due to the way the nail grows. Our Podiatrists are skilled in treating ingrown toenails and providing education on why the ingrown toenail is occuring. If the toenail is regularly becoming ingrown and it is due to the way the nail grows, a permanent solution may be Ingrown Toenail Surgery under Local Anaesthetic. Our Podiatrists are skilled and competent in Ingrown Toenail Surgery and employ advanced techniques to remove the section or whole nail and significantly reduce the risk of the offending part of the toenail growing and become troublesome again. This occurs in-clinic and is walk-in, walk-out with a local anaesthetic given to numb the toe.
Plantar Wart Treatment
Plantar wart treatments including debridement, salicylic acid therapy to surgical intervention under local anaesthetic.
Plantar warts can be painful and over-the-counter treatments may help in quickly treating them, however some warts can be quite stubborn leading to extended periods of pain and discomfort.
If this occurs, our friendly Podiatrists are experienced in targeted interventions to resolve the pain and discomfort of the warts. Treatments options include debridement, salicylic acid and surgical intervention under local anaesthetic in-clinic.
Kid's Feet
Our Podiatrists are skilled in Paediatric assessment, advice and therapies for any and all issues relating to kid’s feet.
As a newborn develops and transitions from crawling to upright, their feet rapidly change to adapt to them beginning to walk. Our Podiatrists are there beside you as your child’s feet develop; whether it be advice on nail care, skin conditions, footwear advice or certain conditions that may occur as your child’s legs and feet develop (such as growing pains, structural changes to the feet, unexplained heel pain or knee pain with activity) or abnormal gait/walking patterns (such as toe walking, in-toeing or out-toeing).
Vascular and Foot Nerve Assessments
Gait and Balance Assessments, Doppler Ultrasound, Ankle and Toe/Brachial Pressure Index assessments or Peripheral Nerve Assessments.
As we age, we are more prone to changes occuring to our nerves and/or blood flow.
Our Podiatrists are experienced and skilled in conducting targeted assessments for these changes, including Gait and Balance Assessments, Doppler Ultrasound assessments on the peripheral arteries and, if required, targeted assessments on the changes in blood pressure as the blood moves down the body to your feet. Our Podiatrists can also assess Peripheral Nerves to determine if your symptoms are related to the nerves in the feet, or originating further up the body.
In-Home Podiatry Services
Grampians Podiatry In-Home Services
If you are unable to attend our Podiatry Clinics, In-Home Podiatry services may be arranged, please call to discuss with our friendly admin staff how we may be able to accommodate this.