A Chiropodist is a primary health care provider who is educated and equipped to handle all your foot related problems. The goal of a chiropodist is to improve or sustain ones quality of life by improving patient’s mobility, alleviating foot pain and providing education on foot related health. Their areas of study include but are not limited to:
- Bio-mechanical assessment and gait analysis
- Diabetic foot care
- Wound Care
- Geriatrics
- Pediatrics
- Sports Injuries
- Soft tissue surgery
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Common Ailments
Common foot and ankle problems often dealt with by a chiropodist include flat feet, bunions, heel pain, hammertoes, neuromas, ingrown toenails, fungal infections, warts, corns and calluses. Chiropodists can prescribe topical and oral medications as well as fit patients for inserts known as orthotics.
Orthotics are a device that can correct walking patterns and alignment issues, prevent or accommodate for foot deformities as well as offer significant support that can improve overall foot function. They allow one to stand, walk, and run more efficiently and comfortably. These custom made devices can be constructed with a wide variety of materials in all shapes and sizes allowing the chiropodist to correct a wide range of symptoms and target those unique to each individuals foot.
Treatments
Some common conditions often treated with custom made orthotics include:
- Plantar fasciitis / heel spurs
- Metatarsalgia
- Morton’s neuroma
- Shin splints
- Posterior tibial dysfunction
- Stress fractures
- Bunions and Hammer toes
- Runner’s knee
- Diabetic ulcers
- Arthritis / Gout
- Achilles tendinitis
- Pes planus (flat feet)
- Pes cavus (high arched feet)
- Sciatica
- Low back pain & hip pain
- Calluses & Corns
