An MOT for your Feet!
A 55 minute appointment dedicated to your feet! This includes a thorough assessment, bespoke treatment & management plan.
An initial assessment includes a thorough appraisal of your medical history and a neurovascular review; where your pedal (foot) pulses will be checked with handheld Doppler ultrasound (this is non-invasive) and nerve function professionally assessed.
Typical problems treated include long nails, thick nails (onychauxis), fungal nails (onychomycosis), involuted (curled-in) and ingrowing nails (onychocryptosis), hard skin (callus), corns, dry skin (anhidrosis), athlete's foot (tinea pedis), foot pain such as metatarsalgia, capsulitis and plantar fasciitis, and verruca. (NB: although I can diagnose and offer initial treatment and advice for verruca, ongoing treatments will not be offered).
A management plan will be discussed and all treatments are completed with the application of an hydrating Gehwol® foot spray and relaxing foot massage.
A first-line medicament and/or referral letter to kick-start your management will also be included if indicated. Examples include, a topical treatment for verruca (NB: not Verrutop), a broad-spectrum antifungal cream for athlete's foot, sending a fungal nail sample for microscopy & culture*, a moisturising foot cream for dry feet, a basic deflective insole or bespoke silicone toe prop or interdigital wedge (to take the pressure off areas prone to callus and corns).
** Plus a summary of advice discussed and/or a management plan will be emailed to you after your appointment.
An initial assessment is 55 minutes, with follow-up appointments typically lasting 30 minutes (£55).
For follow-up appointments, all additional devices (e.g. Bland-Rose toe props, removable felt props, animal wool, heel pads), insoles, creams and some medicaments (e.g. silver nitrate) will incur nominal further charges. Administration fee, e.g. NHS referrals, GP letters, MRI requests etc, from £15, where indicated.
*via your GP (free) or privately (PCR - significantly quicker turnaround) for a fee. An in-clinic test is also available (£34.99).
** if you require multiple 'extras' these will be chargeable.