Podiatrists ( or Chiropodists, if that's a term you are more familiar with), are fortunate to be able to assist in the prevention and management of foot and lower limb problems.
It requires a highly specialised set of knowledge and skills to effectively manage the risks of the Diabetic, Rheumatoid or elderly foot, and understand the delicate development of a child's foot, treating general nail and skin disorders, and ensuring indicators of health conditions such as MS or Circulation blockages in the foot are not confused with sports injuries, or nerve entrapment.
It requires a highly specialised set of knowledge and skills to effectively manage the risks of the Diabetic, Rheumatoid or elderly foot, and understand the delicate development of a child's foot, treating general nail and skin disorders, and ensuring indicators of health conditions such as MS or Circulation blockages in the foot are not confused with sports injuries, or nerve entrapment.
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I'm a paragraph. I'm a great place for you to tell a story and let your users know a little more about you. Skin lesions such as chilblains often present in colder weather, with further ulceration in the patient with P.V.D.
The importance of understanding the effects of arterial blockages, and P.V.D in feet was highlighted during winter 2011, when two patients were assessed and immediately referred back to their G.P.'s with letters requesting further vascular checks, and recommending intervention by a Vascular Consultant.Luckily the GP reacted quickly and one the patient attended for surgery for an urgent heart valve replacement.
The importance of understanding the effects of arterial blockages, and P.V.D in feet was highlighted during winter 2011, when two patients were assessed and immediately referred back to their G.P.'s with letters requesting further vascular checks, and recommending intervention by a Vascular Consultant.Luckily the GP reacted quickly and one the patient attended for surgery for an urgent heart valve replacement.
The developing foot can sometimes be subject to forces that can disrupt the normal bone growth, (called ossification), so it's important to have pain in the foot checked immediately.
Similarly, children experience specific sporting type injuries such as Osgood Schlatters, and plenty of the things that everyone can suffer from eg. bruising, trauma, sprains and damage to toe nails, and they, like us, are sometimes reluctant to seek help, often hiding septic and painful toes because of fear of intervention.
Similarly, children experience specific sporting type injuries such as Osgood Schlatters, and plenty of the things that everyone can suffer from eg. bruising, trauma, sprains and damage to toe nails, and they, like us, are sometimes reluctant to seek help, often hiding septic and painful toes because of fear of intervention.
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I visited Carrie with a pain in my heel and was anxious about having someone touch it to examine it. However, I had nothing to worry about.
Right from the start, she made me feel at ease and was able to help me begin my journey to recovery!
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Right from the start, she made me feel at ease and was able to help me begin my journey to recovery!
Very professional, caring and knowledgeable.
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