Role of your Podiatrist

Your podiatrist can offer services that involve safe care for your feet, help to reduce discomfort and prevent complications associated with diabetes. These services include:

• Safe nail cutting
• Safe callus debridement and corn removal
• Information on diabetes and its effects on the lower limb
• Assessments for footwear, for specific sports, workplaces, or recreation
• Assessments of your blood and nerve supply to the foot and leg. These assessments are used to monitor change over time and to educate you on how these changes affect your feet. It is advisable to have an annual check-up by your podiatrist
• Treatment of fungal infections of the nails and skin
• Various orthoses from pre-made to prescribed - used in alleviating lower limb pain
• Footwear advice & orthopaedic footwear prescription
• Gait and posture examinations to reduce ongoing strain in lower limb conditions

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