PODIATRY TREATMENTS AT FITTER FEET CLINIC,

NORTHERN IRELAND

Our expert podiatry staff will carry out a full assessment and treatment. This starts with a foot health check, a vascular check and a full treatment. This includes hard skin & corn removal, nails are cut, shaped and any thick nails are thinned, and any ingrown nails are removed. Cracked heels are gently debrided. We treat all foot conditions such as chilblains, hyperidrosis (sweaty feet), bromhydrosis (smelly feet), foot ulceration etc. The treatment finishes with a circulation boosting foot massage using our herbal foot creams. 

This should be carried out annually on all diabetic patients, it will prevent foot complications in the future. It comprises of a full vascular and neurological assessment (See details listed above). It includes a detailed foot assessment and discussion with the patient around their foot health needs written advice is given on good foot care and how best to avoid foot complications. 

This is a diabetic foot assessment (See details above) and also includes a full podiatry treatment. 

This is a full evaluation of walking. It includes a functional evaluation of shoulders, spine, hips, knees, ankles, sub talar joint, Mid tarsal joint, 1st ray function, relaxed and neutral calcaneal stance, dynamic gait evaluation and footwear wear pattern evaluation. Please bring 3 pairs or well-worn shoes and wear loose fitting clothes.  

An imbalance in the feet affects the whole body, our expertise will enable us to correct the imbalance by prescribing suitable orthotics. Off the shelf orthotics range from £35-£70.

Our custom made EDSER orthotics (Made in one of the world’s top labs in Barcelona) come with a life time guarantee (T&C's apply). Using the latest laser light scanning technology, a 3D image of your foot is sent to the lab, along with your prescription allowing them to manufacture an orthotic of the highest quality.

This is a 3D laser light scan using the latest technology. It allows an accurate image of your foot to be captured in the optimum alignment - sub talar neutral.

This scan is then sent to one of the best orthotics labs in the world - Edser labs. 

There, they manufacture a device using CAD CAM technology you can be sure that your orthotics will deliver the best possible results. 

If you have ongoing problems with ingrown nails then the best option is nail surgery.

This procedure is almost painless as we freeze your toe and remove the side/sides that persistently grow in, including the root. We have a 98% success rate, and if any procedure is not successful we repeat it free of charge. It takes around 6 weeks to totally heal and all redressing appointments are included in the package. 

An initial appointment is needed to evaluate the foot condition and ensure that steroid injection therapy a suitable option. Steroid injections are used for many painful foot conditions such as capsuleitis, Morton’s neuroma, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, etc.

We are fortunate to collaborate with one of the UK's top podiatric surgeons, Claire O’Kane. She has an excellent reputation and enviable success rate in surgically correcting many foot conditions such as bunions, hammer toes, mid foot and rear foot deformities, etc.

Her advanced surgical techniques allow correction whilst maintains and improving joint function. This is crucial in the moving foot and is the reason for her that after 10 years post-surgery her patients report a 96% total satisfaction.