EMERALD PODIATRY CLINIC

Shockwave therapy is a proven, effective and safe treatment for a number of different types of heel pain including plantar fasciitis and achilles tendonitis.

We offer Shockwave therapy in Emerald included in your session with no extra fee.

If you'd like to undergo shockwave therapy for your heel pain book in with any of our Emerald podiatrists for your first session.

There are literally thousands of causes of foot, heel, and ankle pain.

They can be minor irritations to nails or skin, more complex pain from joints and tendons, or a combination of a variety of different factors.

Maybe diabetes? Maybe it’s a foot deformity passed down the family tree?

When you book in with our podiatrists in Emerald, your foot, ankle or heel pain will be assessed with the utmost care. You will be guided on treatment options that address the cause of your foot, heel or ankle pain.

Children aren’t just small adults in training. Our Kids have their own unique needs relating to growth, development, and the very specific stressors our little ones place on their bodies.

All our podiatrists in Emerald are skilled in assessment and management of kids feet. This includes the following:

• Growing Pains
• Curly toes
• Growth Plate Injuries (previously known as Sever’s and Iselin’s disease)
• Paediatric flat foot
• Juvenile bunion (HAV) deformities

Our podiatrists in Emerald have the expertise to prescribe the most comfortable, appropriate and effective custom made orthotics for all manner of lower limb complaints.

It could be a custom made orthotic for heel pain, or for knee pain. No matter the concern we can assess your needs to alter foot pressure, joint moments and loading.

This means if you have an injury or lesion that needs some load optimisation we can expertly 3D print you a device to suit your needs.

Diabetes, both type one and type two, is a chronic disease that can take a serious toll on feet.

But just because you have diabetes doesn’t mean that it will.

Regular podiatry care in Emerald can give you the most up-to-date advice around assessment, management and treatment of diabetic foot issues. 

While anyone may develop foot ulcers, they are more common in people with diabetes due to an elevation in risk level.

Peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage), poor circulation, high blood sugars, increased likelihood of foot deformity and pressure lesions are among the factors that can contribute to foot ulcers in people with diabetes.

Prompt treatment from an Emerald podiatrist at PridePlus Health can reduce the risk of experiencing serious complications.

With diabetes, it’s best to prevent problems occurring to your feet. Next best is to catch the problems as soon as they arise.

Attending our podiatrists clinic in Emerald for regular diabetic foot exams is one way to spot potential issues early.

During a diabetic foot risk exam, a PridePlus Health podiatrist will:

• Assess your circulation
• Assess your sensation
• Assess the risk level of problems occurring relating to footwear, foot deformity, muscle strength and more
• Provide you with a personalised plan to address your risk status

There are many athletes of all ages in Emerald coming to see our podiatrists for assistance dealing with foot and lower limb injuries.

Our trained podiatrists have a special interest and experience in sports and running injury treatment including football injuries, basketball, netball, running and cycling.

We know how to meticulously assess strains and sprains, optimise load and build capacity.

Another key feature of our podiatry team in Emerald is a focus on prevention of future issues. We treat all types of sports-related injuries, including ones involving:

• Foot and ankle sprains
• Overuse injuries including stress fractures
• Tendinopathy including the achilles tendon, patella tendon and more
• Nail and skin injuries including callus and blistering

There’s not many injuries more painful or frustrating to suffer from than an ingrown toenail.

When our nails place pressure on the skin, and even pierce through it, the consequences can be incredibly painful.

Our team of podiatrists in Emerald can expertly treat an ingrowing nail, advice on wound care, infections and more.

For those with a recurring problem our podiatrists can complete a surgical procedure to remove an offending nail edge and ultimately stop it from growing back.

A little bit of callus on our skin is protective, it can prevent the skin from blistering and breaking down.

Too much of a good thing though can lead to deep callus forming, and eventually a lesion known as a corn can form.

These lesions can be incredibly painful and the precursors to ulceration and amputation in at risk individuals.

Our PridePlus Health podiatrists in Emerald will expertly remove your corns and callus comfortably, then assess why they formed in the first place. Finally, we can advice on how to stop them from returning in the future as well.

If you are human, you’re probably no stranger to ankle sprains.

Some of us are more prone to ankle sprains than others however. This might be due to our biomechanics, the axis our joints of our bodies rotate around, or our chosen sports.

A history of ankle sprains and the shoes and orthotics we wear can also play a role. If you sprain your ankle in Emerald or the surrounding hills then our podiatry team can assess the severity of the sprain and causative factors as well.

A treatment plan will be agreed upon to get through the current injury and work to prevent problems happening in the future as well.

Shin splints, also known as medial tibial stress syndrome or traction periostitis are another common sports-related injury we treat at PridePlus Health in Emerald.

Our podiatry team will get a thorough assessment undertaken to give you an exact diagnosis and work on a management plan to get through your injury.

Sometimes our toes start to move around, they might squish a little to the side, or bend up or down where they used to be straight.

Often, these toe deformities get colloquial names like bunions or hammertoes.

Really, they are simple changes which occur due to a myriad of factors. Sometimes they can be changed, sometimes they cant. Just like sometimes a bunion can be sore, and other times they aren't.

If you live around Emerald and have concerns with pain or toe deformities progressing then book in with our podiatry team to get your personalised plan.

Fungal infections, bacterial infections and yeast infections can affect our nails on toes and the skin on feet.

There are many different kinds of bugs that can affect nails, it’s important to have persistent, recurring, or severe fungal infections evaluated and treated by a podiatrist at PridePlus Health in Emerald.