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Chiropody

Chiropody includes treatment for corns, calluses, cracked heels, thickened nails, fungal infections of skin or toenails, verrucas, ingrown toenails and toenail trimming.

A typical visit will include recording medical details, assessment of the feet, diagnosis of any problem and discussion about treatment with advice on how to maintain healthy feet.

Products are available to compliment foot care.

Elizabeth Benson

Training School – ‘The Smae School of Chiropody’
Member of The British Chiropody Association
Registered with the ‘Health Professions Council’
Qualified – August 2001

Training

Chiropody training includes study of the anatomy of the foot and the lower limb, and how the structures that form the foot, provide a stable and supportive structure enabling balance and propulsion of the body. Study also includes the development of problems within the foot resulting from ‘wear and tear’, injury or disease.

The Health Professions Council are the regulatory body who set the standards of safe and effective practice for health professionals.

Treatment

Assessment of the feet,
Advice on keeping feet healthy,
Prevention and reduction of foot problems including corns, hard skin, ingrown toenails, thickened nails, athlete’s foot,
nail trimming, verrucas etc.

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