AWARD-WINNING CHIROPODY AND PODIATRY IN STREATHAM
• Award-winning and experienced professionals
• Effective treatments and advanced technology
• Family foot care throughout the week
Our Foot Team
Meet our team of experienced foot care professionals, who have held senior and chief positions in the fields of diabetes, advanced therapies, biomechanics, research & development and clinical supervision.
If you’ve a specific foot problems, just call us and talk to our reception team about who the best person to see might be.
Biomechanics & Gait
Pain or recurring injury when walking or running affects all aspects life and health. The foot changes over time, and imbalance, malalignment and pressure can cause joint pains, bunions and hard skin.
Our specialist podiatrist assesses the mechanics of the foot and recommends treatments for a wide range of foot and leg problems related to walking, running and dance, just like tuning the engine of a car.
Medical Pedicure
Our award-winning, experienced HCPC registered professionals provide medical pedicures that reach parts not accessible with beauty pedicures.
Our podiatrists use medical instruments, sterilised to the highest standards, and advanced equipment, to painlessly restore feet back to their former glory and leave looking great and feeling fantastic.
Laser Therapy
Leigham Practice has been a leader in Low Level Laser Therapy for over 20 years. We use this technology, that is painless and without side effects, to treat a huge range of problems associated with injury, surgery, ill health and disease.
Treatment works by tapping into a process very similar to photosynthesis that occurs in animals, where light is converted into chemical energy and accelerates healing and repair.
Verruca Treatment
Our clinic, led by a former NHS Verruca Services manager, is one of the most experienced in the country in addressing this painful and persistent issue.
An initial assessment is important for all treatments to discuss the best options available for your problem. We have a range of highly effective treatments available to suit all the family.
Leigham at Home
We can come to you, even if you are housebound, injured, recovering from surgery, not feeling well, or have child care commitments.
We aim to provide a clinic-equivalent service and bring all equipment with us when we attend. We are prepared to travel far to see patients who cannot visit us.
Nail Care
The Podiatry Team at Leigham Practice can offer long-term solutions for all manner of nail problems.
Ingrown and recurring nail problems can be fixed permanently. Thick nails can be painlessly reduced, improving both appearance and comfort Fungal nails can be effectively treated and returned to their normal appearance.
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Our Podiatry Team
What people say about us
Why have chiropody / podiatry at Leigham Practice?
If you’re asking ‘why’ come to Leigham Practice, you are asking the right question, and the one we ask on a fundamental level every day – ‘why?’. These days, many patients and healthcare professionals are concerned about finding out what symptoms relate to. For example, if someone has foot pain, they want to know if this is because there is a tear to a ligament, or arthritis of the joint, or a problem with the tendon, or the pinching of a nerve, or a corn, or verruca, or something else? The problem is that by focusing on what the problem is, you can end up just treating the symptoms. At Leigham Practice, we don’t just want to find out what your problems are, we want to understand why they are. If we can do something about why you have problems, we can find a cure, so if you’re asking why come to Leigham Practice you are asking our sort of question – why? We always aim to cure, not just to treat.
Is it Chiropody or Podiatry?
They are the same. Chiropody was a very British and Commonwealth term for healthcare professionals who treat foot problems, and it was, in fairness, a bit of a muddle and a fudge of words. ‘Chiro’ means ‘of the hands’ and ‘Pod’ means ‘foot’, so it was supposed to mean ‘someone who used their hands to treat the feet’. With Chiropractic becoming more popular from the 1960’s it began to become confusing, and also difficult for people travelling – you might find a chiropodist in Canada, but you could only find a podiatrist in the United States. Podiatry is the term used in other parts of the world, and it is also a more correct term – ‘Pod’ meaning ‘foot’ and ‘-iatry’ meaning ‘the medical treatment of’, so in the 1990’s, the term Podiatry was adopted as a protected title, meaning only who had qualified after three years of full time education an call themselves a podiatrist. According to the law, chiropody and podiatry are the same thing.
What do podiatrists treat?
Our podiatrists at Leigham Practice treat all kinds of foot problems, and there are a lot of problems that can occur. Our feet sometimes have problems we inherit through our family, they can be affected by illness or disease, they can suffer many types of injuries and wounds that can cause short term or long-term problems, they can be affected by sport, performance or occupation, the feet can pick up infections and, like a car, the feet change constantly throughout our lives because we walk around on them: Because we move – we change. And, the more miles we travel, the more problems we’ll get. We often say to our patients – just like your car, it’s important to look after them, bit if you’ve got a problem with your car, like your feet, you just need to know a good garage.
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