Podiatry

Woolooware Podiatry

Our Podiatrist at the Kirrawee Clinic for Woolooware Podiatry, Rebecca Angus, has gained extensive experience over the past decade in a variety of foot and ankle cases. She has developed a brilliant understanding of paediatric foot conditions, sports injuries, orthotic therapy, ingrown toenail, diabetes and general foot care.

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Podiatry services

Podiatry manages a wide variety of foot and lower limb health issues. These include:

Diabetic foot management
General foot and nail care
Corns & calluses
Biomechanical assessments
Orthotics
Heel pain (plantar fasciitis)
Fungal skin and nail infections
Ingrown toenails
Warts
Flat feet
Shin splints
Foot and leg pain
Sports podiatry
Footwear assessment
Children’s feet (flat feet, in/out-toeing, knee & heel pain)

We provide a thorough assessment of your complaint and apply the most current evidence-based management plans and treatments to get your feet back to full health.

Specialties

Biomechanics, sports and orthotics

The average human takes approximately 150-200 million steps in their life, which works out to walking around the Earth 4 times.

If you have an alignment issue with how you are walking this can lead to pain and injuries over time, especially when you increase the forces through your joints and muscles when running or playing sports.

If you have a misalignment in your gait (how you walk) it can affect your feet, knees, hips and back. Some of these injuries include:

Plantar fasciitis (heel pain)
Achilles tendonitis
Knee pain
Tight calf and hamstring muscles
Increased risk of Arthritis in joints
Bursitis
Increased risk of muscle tear or strain
Shin splints
Ligament tears
Back and hip pain
Sciatica
Severs (heel pain in children)
Osgood Schlatter (knee pain in adolescents)
Iliotibial band syndrome
Bunions
Corns, calluses and ulcers
Tibilias posterior dysfunction
Ankle sprains

At Kirrawee Family Medical Practice the Podiatrist will discuss your sporting and exercise activities, go through any pain or injuries you have experienced, assess your footwear, lower limb range of motion and strength, perform a thorough gait analysis and provide a tailored management plan which can include stretching and strengthening exercises, footwear advice, orthotic therapy and involve other allied health specialists to achieve the best results possible.

Diabetic foot care

Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic condition in Australia with over 1.7 million Australians diagnosed with diabetes and 280 Australians developing diabetes every day.

Diabetes often affects the feet by damaging the nerves and blood vessels resulting in a decrease in feeling and blood flow in the feet. If not managed correctly diabetes can lead to further complications such as peripheral neuropathy (no feeling in the feet), ischaemia (minimal blood flow to the feet and toes), ulceration and amputation.

It is important if you have been diagnosed with diabetes to have a thorough diabetic foot assessment by a podiatrist to manage and prevent future diabetic foot health complications. Because diabetics are more susceptible to get an infection if the skin is cut it is recommended a podiatrist manages your foot health with cutting nails, removing corns and calluses and treating any foot complaints.

The podiatrist at Kirrawee Family Medical Practice will provide a thorough diabetic foot assessment of the blood flow to your feet and assess nerve function to determine your level of risk of diabetic foot complications.

Ingrown nail surgery

Ingrown toenails can be very painful and restrict you from daily activities such as wearing shoes, walking, playing sports and even sleeping.

They are cause by the nail digging into the sides of your toes causing pain, swelling and in some cases infection. Factors that can increase the risk of ingrown toenails include the shape of your toenail (if it curves down the side of your toe), how you cut your nails (too short or down the side of the nail), tight footwear such as heels and pointed shoes and nail trauma. Ingrown nails most commonly affect the big toes.

The podiatrist can sometimes manage your ingrown nails with regular treatment however most ingrown nails are recurring and a permanent solution is more suitable.

Ingrown nail surgery is a quick and effective treatment to permanently prevent the ingrown nail returning. The ingrown section of the nail is removed and the root of that section of the nail is cauterised with a liquid to permanently prevent the nail from becoming ingrown. It is performed under local anaesthetic so the surgery is painless and there is often no pain post surgery. No stitches are required and you are able to walk out of the clinic once it is complete. Because only a small section of the nail is removed the nail usually looks completely normal.

Please discuss with the podiatrist if this option is suitable for you.