Podiatry involves studying the foot and lower limb, focusing on diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the foot and ankle, often arising from walking or running.

What is Podiatry?

Podiatry involves studying the foot and lower limb, focusing on diagnosing and treating conditions affecting the foot and ankle, often arising from walking or running.

Podiatrists excel in assessing and treating skin and nail issues, from removing painful corns to performing nail surgery for ingrowing toenails. As specialists, we can distinguish between Plantar Fasciitis, Policeman's heel, and Achilles injuries and accurately diagnose ankle injuries such as ligament sprains, tendon injuries, or fractures.

Our expertise extends to diagnosing and managing leg pain, including shin splints, stress fractures, and compartment syndrome. We also treat certain types of knee pain, such as patellar tendon injuries and patellofemoral pain syndromes.

We cater to all ages and demographics, from children experiencing "growing pains" to athletes with sports injuries, including weekend warriors, or individuals aiming to maintain mobility and activity for as long as possible.

We use the comprehensive range of effective treatments, utilising scalpels to remove painful corns, performing ingrowing toenail surgery with local anesthetics, and offering taping, footwear advice, laser therapy, shockwave therapy, exercise therapy, and fully customised foot orthotics for musculoskeletal conditions.

We work alongside our physio colleagues at Wickford Physiotherapy, to give you the best outcome for your treatment.

You can find out more about Essex Podiatry and book Online here www.essexpodiatry.co.uk or give us a call on 01268 350910.