Location
Riverside Medical Suite | 5 Torrent Riverside Park, Mbombela 1201
info@healthyfeet.africa
Hotline
066 332 6361
Riverside Medical Suite | 5 Torrent Riverside Park, Mbombela 1201
info@healthyfeet.africa
066 332 6361
At Home of Healthy Feet Podiatry, we offer a comprehensive range of services to address all your foot and lower limb concerns. From routine nail care to specialized treatments for sports injuries, our expert team is here to keep you on your feet. Explore our services below:
Skin thickens as a protective mechanism against high pressure or friction and sometimes sheer forces.
Parents may have a large number of concerns regarding their feet and legs such as: child's biomechanics, nail issues, flat or high arched feet, back, knee, ankle and foot pain that can be managed throus various.
Warts needs to be differentiated from corns. They can be painful, or go unnoticed, and there can be one or many. There are many treatment options from conservative applications to surgical procedures.
Conservative care: for those who are not keen for surgical options. Every 6-8 weeks to maintain nails. Surgical options to permanently remove the section of nail from the deep base. Can be done in-rooms, under sedation or in theatre
Whether you’re an endurance runner or a court sports enthusiast, high levels of activity can put you at risk of developing painful foot and ankle injuries. Therefore, it’s vital that athletes consult a sports Podiatrist, who fully understands how high-impact activities affect the lower limbs. A sports podiatrist can assess and quantify foot mechanics to provide the correct treatment and ensure a swift recovery. Moreover, they can make recommendations to ensure that further injury does not occur down the line. Sports related injuries in the lower limbs often include stress fractures, neuromas, shin splints, knee or ankle injuries, and Achilles Tendonitis. If you enjoy living an active life and want to enjoy a long and pain-free sports career, make sure that you work with a sports podiatrist to monitor and manage your foot and ankle health. We will look closely at how the foot strikes the ground, and the impacts of this on the ankle, knee, hip and back. Once they have a good understanding of what is causing the problems, a sports podiatrist will perform a variety of interventions from remedial therapies to footwear recommendations. To align the lower limbs, they will often prescribe orthodontic devices that are worn inside your shoes.
Computerised gait analysis includes high-speed video as well as pressure-mapping. We look at how your feet, legs and body move, and consider the forces and loads acting on them, which may be contributing to discomfort or dysfunction. The information gained is used in management planning and footwear and insole prescription.
Prescription, custom insoles are an important part of the management plan for many things from pain, flat and high arch feet, clawing toes, thick nails, foot, ankle and knee pain to running injuries, corns, bunions and deformity, as well as before and after foot surgery. They can be made for sports shoes, formal shoes and some sandals. They are custom made foe your foot and are designed from the information gained from the Gait & Biomechanical assessment
