Keeping You on Your Toes
Services
At Access Podiatry, we pride ourselves in providing quality podiatric care for a variety of conditions. Lead Podiatrist David Jayapaul has over 12 years of private practice experience, working with children as young as 4 right through to patients who are in their 90s. David's experience and qualifications allow Access Podiatry to keep up to date with the best practices for treating all podiatric conditions.
Heel Pain
Sometimes referred to as a heel spur, heel pain is a common foot injury. It is often undiagnosed, with people putting up with the pain. It can also affect the plantar fascia, which is a thick band of tissue that attaches from the heel to the toes.
Access Podiatry can help treat this condition by:
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Performing a thorough biomechanical assessment to assess whether gait is the cause
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Providing stretches, exercises, taping or dry needling
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Creating custom made orthotics to correct gait patterns
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Sending away for imaging to confirm diagnosis.
General Footcare
Throughout a lifetime our feet can take a battering. Our lifestyle, footwear and work practices can lead to corns, cracked heels and callouses, all of which can be painful. Access Podiatry can help manage and prevent these ailments with regular visits. They can also help with general nail care, ensuring nails are cut properly to prevent infections and in grown toenails.
Orthotics
When the foot posture is incorrect, the entire body structure is incorrect. Biomechanical problems, weak muscles, and misaligned bones and arches can increase stresses within the foot structures and the surrounding soft tissues. This can create localised pain in the foot and ankle, and also cause problems in the lower limbs, knees, hips and back.
Foot orthoses will correct misalignment and allow the muscles, tendons and bones of the feet and lower legs to function at their highest potential. When appropriately prescribed, orthoses can decrease pain and increase stability in an unstable joint and prevent potential progression or development of a deformity.
People who will benefit from orthoses:
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People with heel pain/plantar fasciitis
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Arthritis sufferers
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Athletes to increase endurance and load muscles
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Children to help aid and correct developmental issues
Children's Podiatry
Children's feet are the cornerstone to stability and lower leg mechanics. Flat feet and high arches can impact posture and gait, leading to immediate issues and future complications. If your child is suffering from lower leg or foot pain early diagnosis and treatment is key.
Access Podiatry can help by:
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Performing biomechanical assessments
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Providing exercises and stretches
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Advising on correct footwear.
Diabetic Foot
Diabetes has many effects on the body. One of the main effects it can have is on your lower legs and feet. Diabetes can affect blood supply to your extremities and also the nerves in our feet. With restricted blood supply it can increase the chance of infections and amputations. By affecting your nerves, it can increase the chance of ulcers, infections and falls.
Access Podiatry can help by:
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Performing a thorough neurovascular examination
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Cutting toenails correctly to prevent ulcers
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Prescribing correct footwear
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Ulcer management
In-Grown Toenails
In-grown toenails can be very painful if not managed appropriately. They can arise from cutting your nails incorrectly, incorrect footwear, genetics or as simple as stubbing your toe. It is important to address them in a timely manner so they do not become infected and increase healing time.
Access Podiatry can help by:
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Removing nail spikes
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Correctly cutting toenails
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Ulcer management
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Partial nail avulsion surgery to prevent the in-grown toenail from growing back permanently
