New Patient Podiatry Consultation  

      Are you a new patient to our practice? 

      40min $80

•  Foot, ankle and leg pain in adults and children.

• Diabetic foot assessment or blood flow assessments.

• Ingrown toenail or other nail issues.

• Corns and callus treatment.

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Established Patient General Consultations

Regular care 30minutes -$70 

Established patient who attends for regular podiatry care, typically every 6-10 weeks. Many patients come for regular foot care. This might involve the cutting of toenails and  removal of corns and callous. Regular patients also get the benefit of yearly checking of arterial flow with doppler ultrasound, checking of protective sensations and joint mobility assessment, so we picking up foot problems early.

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Kids Foot Assessments

New Patient  - 40min- $80

For children attending for foot or lower extremity pain.

Summary sheet or letter to GP included.

Experienced Child Podiatrist Jodi Tanner - Postgraduate Paediatric  Podiatry  training at University of South Australia.

 Medicare Referral on a Chronic Diseases Management plan.​

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New Patient Podiatry Appointment

40-minute appointment - $90 ( EPC plus a gap fee of $30).

Includes a letter to your GP after the first appointment.

You must have a current EPC care plan referral from your GP.

​​You must bring your Medicare card.

Please bring a copy of your current care plan or medical history and medication list.

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Regular or subsequent podiatry care is a 30-minutes appointment  $70 ( epc plus a gap fee of $10).

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Longer appointments will be charged additional fees.

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Biomechanical assessments and casting for a custom-made foot orthotics. 

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 60minutes-  $150

A biomechanical assessment is performed to help with the prescription of your custom-made foot orthotic.

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Foot Orthotics

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Custom- Made Foot Orthotics

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Our custom-made foot orthotic are made from taking a plaster-of-Paris cast of your feet, non- weight bearing. Capturing a highly accurate replication of your foot shape.​

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Materials we use to make custom foot orthotics include polypropylene, carbon-fibre, cork or EVA. The material used are dependent on the footwear you use, your foot function such as mobile or rigid foot structure and the musculoskeletal problems you have.

 

Our custom foot orthotics are made to the highest quality.

 

The benefit of a polypropylene foot orthotic is the shell does not bottom out or wear like EVA devices and provide excellent stability through the midfoot which is important in the treatment of many midfoot problems such as plantar fasciitis, lateral foot pain - peroneal pathology or Moreton's neuroma and ball of foot pain. These orthotics also have movement in the rearfoot to provide for normal foot motion.

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Off-the-shelf Orthotics.

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We dispense a wide variety of off-the- shelf modifiable foot orthotics.

Which are commonly used in children and foot problems where the podiatrist believes they are appropriate. Depending on an individual foot structure, function and that individuals foot problems. 

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​Research supporting Foot Orthotics use.

• Improved foot stability and balance.

• Reducing excessive movements- such as foot pronation.

• Reduce impact loads to the heel of the foot.

• Help tendon with their mechanical advantage.​

• Reduced pressure with neuropathic ulcers.

• Treatment of Plantar fasciitis.

• Treat Posterior Tibial Tendon tendonitis/ dysfunction.

• Reduce ball of foot pressure in high arch foot types and people with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

• Reduce Bunion pain.

• Improve foot and leg stability in flexible and hypermobile flat foot conditions.​

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