A podiatrist is a health care professional specialising in the management and treatment of the lower limb and foot. A podiatrist can help treat a wide range of conditions and help in the management of chronic disease and even general foot care. The helpful podiatrists at The Walking Clinic can treat a wide range of problems, these include, :
In general, no referral is required to access our podiatry services. However, if you are accessing services through one of the following programs, a referral from your GP or the relevant authority may be necessary:
Please contact our office for specific referral requirements based on your situation. For more information on each referral type, click here.
The Walking Clinic offers HICAPS facilities which allow convenient on-the-spot health fund rebates for patient’s insured with eligible health funds. We advise patient’s to contact their health fund for further information regarding rebates.
It is a requirement that fees are paid at the time of your consultation.
A Podiatrist is a registered, qualified health professional who specialises in assessing, diagnosing and treating all disorders of the foot and ankle. This includes anything from foot pain, nail disorders, diabetic foot problems, to name a few. Podiatrists can also effectively treat other conditions such as shin splints (pain in the lower leg) for example.
If you are still unsure if we can help you, please feel free to call the clinic on (02) 6249 1758 and one of our helpful staff members will be more than happy to discuss your problem and inform you if we are able to be of assistance.
A qualified podiatrist is the best person to see regarding an ingrown toe nail. They are trained in both conservative treatment and surgical removal of the problem. On your first consult they will help reduce the pain and remove the underlying problem, which in most cases is a piece of nail.
There are not too many successful treatment options for fungal nail infections. You can purchase topical treatments (i.e. nail paints from the chemist), however these treatments require long and repetitive treatments daily or weekly for up to a year with little result in some cases. The other option is a tablet prescribed by your GP, however this tablet can have severe side effects.
The latest option is a fungal nail laser. This treatment has no side effects or adverse reactions, requires only 2 or 3 treatments over a 3 month period and requires little after care. This treatment is offered by the podiatrists at The Walking Clinic. For further information regarding the laser please contact one of our clinics.
Custom foot orthotics are a fully customised innersole which is made around the patient’s foot and alignment. To make a custom orthotic a full biomechanical and gait analysis is undertaken to establish a prescription for the orthotics and then a 3D scan is taken of the patient’s feet. These are combined by our orthotic laboratory which creates a fully customised orthotic catered to the patient’s complaint and foot.
This process gives a completely unique orthotic to suit each individual patient’s. Where the chemist style orthotics or prefabricated orthotics are either small, medium or large and do not have any customisation to the individual’s foot or problem.
For further information regarding custom orthotics contact our staff on 6249 1758 and our orthotic laboratories website www.footwork.com.au
Please contact the clinic’s telephone number (02) 6249 1758 and talk to our helpful staff.
The Walking Clinic is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm.
If you have more and are not answered here, feel free to call us on (02) 6249 1758.
