At Foot Medic™ Cardiff our team of podiatrists are registered with the Health & Care Professions Council to provide foot care for children in a safe and child friendly environment.
Service Details
The medical term for Children's podiatry is 'Podopaediatrics.' Podopaediatrics is an area of podiatry focusing on the treatment of children and the various conditions that can affect a young person’s lower limbs.
Common conditions that affect children are:
Ingrown Toenails
Verrucae & Warts
Fungal Infections
Flat Feet
Gait Anomalies
Sports Injuries
WHAT TO EXPECT AT
Our practitioner will take a full medical, medication & lifestyle history if your child has never visited the clinic, or review it if they have. All information is taken in a private room and stored on our secure database for your privacy & security.
Before any treatment, our practitioner will undertake a visual and sometimes physical examination to assess the cause of the condition(s) and discuss a treatment plan that will achieve the best outcome.
Once the child, parent or guardian and our practitioner are happy with the treatment plan, they will be treated in a clean environment, with sterile instruments (if needed) together with the latest technology so we can provide the highest standard of care in-line with evidenced based medicine.
We aim to provide professional, affordable foot care at all times. Our treatment fees therefore reflect the high standard of care we provide. CLICK HERE to view our fees for this service.
Children generally fall into two categories in podiatry.
Firstly, those with skin and nail conditions such as verrucae, warts, fungal infections and ingrown nails. In these cases, they often require a number of treatments to resolve the problem.
Secondly, children with gait (walking, running) complaints would be assessed first and the complaint often corrected with orthosis (prescription insoles) and home physical therapy. This generally requires 2-3 appointments. In both cases you will be advise of the expected number of treatments and cost at the initial appointment.
We understand that children can be very nervous when the visit our clinics, which is why we take our time to explain who we are, what we do and how we do it.
We make every effort to treat children in a relaxed pain free manor, however some treatments can be a little uncomfortable.
In these cases we reassure the child and explain how it will feel and that it won’t last long.Once we have gained their trust, we find children can be better patients than some adults 😊
CARDIFF EAST CLINIC
830 Newport Road Rumney Cardiff CF3 4LH
CARDIFF WEST CLINIC
253 Cowbridge Road West Cardiff CF5 5TD