General Chiropody

Treatments

Podia-Clinic provides treatments for common foot care complaints.

These include, but are not limited to: allus, corns, nail cutting, fungal infections of nails and the skin, ingrown nail treatment as well as nail surgery under local anaesthetic.

We provide up to 45 minutes for any initial assessment/treatment* and allow up to 30 minutes for any subsequent treatments.

For specific needs, such as nail surgery, a longer appointment time is provided for the actual treatment.

* On rare occasions, usually when someone presents with an injury, an assessment can last the whole 45 minutes and so a treatment cannot be provided until the next visit.

Neurospecific Stimulation

The type of acupuncture used at Podia-Clinic is Western Medical and not Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture. Using very fine needles placed into quite specific areas the intended use is to stimulate the nervous system in such a way as to red...

Functional Exercise

Many of the assessments used at Podia-Clinic are known as functional, that is, they involve a person undertaking a simple movement, for example, going up onto their toes. Any exercise suggested is simple to do and chosen because it helps reveal where a weakness or in...

Orthoses (shoe inserts)

As natural as they are, walking and running can sometimes become uncomfortable, painful or feel hard work. The reasons for this can be many and varied but most often it is because of injury or tissues (muscles, tendons, ligaments) working harder than ideal. In mo...

General Chiropody

These include, but are not limited to: allus, corns, nail cutting, fungal infections of nails and the skin, ingrown nail treatment as well as nail surgery under local anaesthetic.