Podiatrist

[Huggers]

Sorry this just didn’t seem to belong to request a tradesperson.

any good experiences? Not a chiropodist!

[Castleton]

One opposite Dulwich Library (Woodwarde Road) was good for me years ago

[Moovart]

Unfortunately I was not at all impressed by the Woodwarde Road one.  I was trying to avoid taking time off work so went privately to start with as they were open on Saturdays but, after a bad experience and a lot of money, I went to the NHS service and it was brilliant. 

You can self refer but I'm not sure if there are exclusions to what they'll see.

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/referral-guide/community-foot-health-podiatry#non-gp-referrals-self-referrals-and-referrals-from-friends-carers-and-relatives

[HeadNun]

I don't know everyone else's foot problems are, but I have classic and apparently quite bad deformity - bunions, pain etc. I went to the Woodware Rd practice a few years ago and got orthotics for the not inconsiderable price of £600. 

The team there seems very nice but, now that I am experiencing a new type of foot pain, I'm wondering if I've been doing it all wrong these years with supportive trainers and insoles. I'm beginning to realise (seems obvious now) that, if I want to cure my foot pain, maybe I need to change the way I walk, and my posture etc. And also, maybe I need to try barefoot shoes, to build muscle where there's been no need prior, because shoes have been doing all the supporting. 

I've been educating myself with Helen Hall and Lawrence van Lingen and addressing my gait seems like a more organic way to solve the problem.

Podiatrists will convince you that orthotics and / or surgery are the only way to go, but look up reddit forums and you'll find countless people saying they 'cured' their bunions with barefoot walking / shoes / and exercises. 

 

 

 

[Ruskin]

I've booked a session with Elmcourt Clinic in West Norwood, recommended by our daughter. A two-week wait for the slot, though. 

https://www.elmcourtclinic.co.uk/

[Huggers]

Thankyou! Originally I had a private referral ( husband had health insurance at time) and so worn insoles for years but I still wear my shoes down in one place at a ridiculous rate! A fab chiropodist agrees with posture is everything stance. Experienced cobbler says some it ain’t right and I’m over corrected. 

Edited June 17 by Huggers

[HeadNun]

Hey Huggers, please can you share the fabulous chiropodist's details? 

22 minutes ago, Huggers said:

Thankyou! Originally I had a private referral ( husband had health insurance at time) and so worn insoles for years but I still wear my shoes down in one place at a ridiculous rate! A fab chiropodist agrees with posture is everything stance. Experienced cobbler says some it ain’t right and I’m over corrected. 

Huggers, I think podiatrists are the same as chiropodists, pretty much.

Also, why aren't you sticking with the chiropractor, out of interest, if they seem to think the problem is more posture-related, rather than solely (sorry) down to the feet? 

Edited June 17 by HeadNun

[Huggers]

Thanks i went to the chiropodist for my toenails! Not my gait. It was a remark he made on seeing my insoles, suggesting tennis ball w revised etc. .  He doesn’t do insoles and at that time i thought mine were ok.

A podiatrist has sophisticated equipment for gait analysis etc. it’s not always just about your feet. I have flat feet but am also doing some wierd way of placing my feet. They are also v expensive !

re Guys self referral, I’m not in pain or immobile so think I’d wait a long time for an appointment!  However before my insoles I did have foot pain and also fell over my own clown feet quite regularly!

 

chiropractor is something different again. 
 

I think I’m after a second opinion on my insoles. 

Carlton Jefferson is the chiropodist rear of 60 Peckham Rye

 

He is not my original podiatrist for whom I had a private referral! 

 

Edited June 17 by Huggers

[Sue]

There's a thread immediately (at the moment) next to this one with recommendations for podiatrists.

ETA: Ooops, because I posted that the threads aren't next to each other any more. Sorry. It's on this page, anyway!

Edited June 17 by Sue

[Huggers]

Thank you!!!

[NewWave]

@huggers 

I highly Reccomend SE23 Podietary They are Near Brockley Rise The P4 bus stops opposite.

I cannot sing their praises enough-Alan who is the head there is incredible and made my Orthotics for some reason I'm unable to post the link to their website but google them.

[Pugwash]

Bowley Close at Crystal Palace has a NHS  specialist Orthotic clinic - I have to wear specialist shoes and they take all the measurements to send off. for shoes to be made, You will need a GP referral

My grand daughter is in her 2nd year degree in Podiatry and she usually does my feet, As she does not live locally, there are times when I need to go to the Woodwarde  Road, Very expensive and prices change in accordance to whom you see,  Last time I went they told me I had a verruca and needed treatment which I noticed on their price list, was over £100. Consulted my grand daughter, who examined my foot and advised that verruca was very small and looked as though it would go away itself. She checked my feet a couple of months later - no sign of a verruca.

[NewWave]

When I used to go to the one in Woodwarde road I found them expensive but not exceptional- They kept suggesting I have an acid treatment on my toenails which have a tendancy to become ingrown-I think it was many hundreds of pounds (about £400 5 or so years ago) when I found my current Podiatrist (who teaches at The Royal college of Podiatrists) he told me that A: that treatment was'nt foolproof and the nail could grow back and B: that he really did'nt reccomend it in my case.

I also did'nt like how the charges at Woodwarde rd just kept getting higher and varied depending on whom was treating me.

[Huggers]

Thanksxsll

ive decided to return to original clinic with my questions.