Chiropody and podiatry on Caerphilly Road since 2011. Two HCPC-registered podiatrists, sterile instruments for every patient, a step-free door with parking behind, and the next free appointment printed right here.
Closed now; opens tomorrow at 8:30am
From the diary and the clock. Book it or ring 029 2018 0720.
What we treat
01
Thick or curved nails cut and filed, corns enucleated, hard skin reduced, cracked heels treated and the skin advice that keeps them away. The appointment most of our patients have every six to ten weeks, for £42; the first visit is forty-five minutes with the full assessment for £52.
The first appointment £52, forty-five minutes with the assessment; routine visits £42 for thirty minutes.
02
The permanent fix for an ingrowing toenail that keeps coming back: the offending edge of the nail removed under local anaesthetic and the root treated with phenol so it does not regrow. About fifteen minutes in the chair, back in a shoe the next day, two redressings included, £340 for one side and £420 for both sides of one nail.
£340 for one side of a nail (partial nail avulsion with phenol), £420 for both sides, including the local anaesthetic, two redressing appointments and a review at six weeks.
03
An honest conversation first (most verrucae go on their own within two years and some are best left), then treatment if it is wanted: cryotherapy at £55 for the first visit and £38 for follow-ups a fortnight apart, or dry needling under local anaesthetic at £295 for the ones that have resisted everything else.
Assessment and the first cryotherapy £55; each follow-up £38, usually three to five a fortnight apart.
04
For heel pain, arch pain, shin splints, knee pain and the feet that ache by the end of the day: an hour on the treadmill and the couch to find out why, a treatment plan that is usually exercises and footwear first, and custom orthotics made from a scan of your feet when they are the answer, £260 the pair with the fitting and a review.
The biomechanical assessment, an hour, £95.
05
The full annual diabetic foot check: pulses with a doppler, sensation with a monofilament and a tuning fork, the skin, the nails, the footwear, and a written risk grade (low, moderate or high) with a copy for your GP. £45 on its own or £20 added to a routine appointment, and routine care tailored to the grade.
The annual check with a written risk grade, £45; added to a routine visit, £20.
06
Routine chiropody and diabetic foot care at home for people who cannot get to the clinic: housebound patients, people in residential homes, and people recovering from an operation. Tuesday and Thursday afternoons within three miles of Birchgrove, with the same sterile instruments in a sealed case, for the clinic price plus £18.
The clinic price plus £18: a routine visit at home £60, the first visit with the assessment £70, a diabetic check £63.
Prices
£52
The history, the circulation and sensation checks, how you stand and walk, and the treatment itself.
£42
Nails, corns, hard skin, cracked heels. Every six to ten weeks for most people.
£45
The doppler, the monofilament and a copy for your GP. £20 added to a routine visit.
£95
Heel, arch, shin and knee pain. Exercises and shoes first; orthotics £260 the pair if needed.
£55
Follow-ups £38 a fortnight apart, paid per visit. Dry needling £295 for the stubborn ones.
£340
Under local anaesthetic with phenol, two redressings and the review included. Both sides £420.
The symptom finder
A red toe at the side of the nail, nails you cannot cut, a stone in the shoe, heel pain on the first steps, a rough spot with black dots, cracked heels, a sore that is not healing. Pick the closest and the page gives the likely cause, what we would do and what it costs, and says plainly when something should not wait for us.
How we work
A history, your medication, the circulation and sensation checks, a look at how you stand and walk, and the treatment itself, for £52. Routine visits after that are thirty minutes, £42, as often as your feet need and not more.
The annual check the NICE guidance describes: pulses with a doppler, sensation with a monofilament and a tuning fork, skin, nails and footwear, and a written risk grade you can take to your GP. £45, and done in the same visit as routine care if you want.
An ingrowing toenail that keeps coming back is a fifteen-minute procedure under local anaesthetic with a 95% success rate. We say when it is the right answer and when careful cutting will do, and we do not do surgery anyone has not had explained.
The diary keeps two slots a day for new problems, so an ingrowing nail, a painful corn or a diabetic foot that has changed is seen within days rather than weeks. If it should not wait at all, ring and say so; we will fit you in.
Diabetic feet
The annual check takes twenty minutes: pulses heard with a doppler, sensation tested at ten points, skin, nails and shoes examined, every result written down. You leave with a risk grade, low, moderate or high, a plain explanation, and a copy for your GP. £45 on its own or £20 added to a routine visit.
What the check involvesPatients
I am eighty-four and cannot reach my feet. Every eight weeks Helen cuts the nails I cannot, takes the corn off my little toe and tells me about her grandchildren. Thirty minutes, forty-two pounds, a car park behind and no step at the door. I walk to the bus stop afterwards without thinking about it.
Two years of an ingrowing toenail and three trips to the GP for antibiotics. Helen explained the procedure properly, did it a fortnight later, and the injection was the only bit that hurt. Back in trainers in eight days and it has not come back. I should have come two years earlier.
I came in wanting orthotics for my heel and left with a stretching sheet and the name of a shoe, which annoyed me for about a week. Arjun watched me walk on the treadmill in slow motion and explained exactly why. Four months later the heel is fine and I never needed the orthotics.
The first appointment is £52 for forty-five minutes, including the history, the circulation and sensation checks and the treatment. Routine visits after that are £42 for thirty minutes. A diabetic foot check is £45 on its own or £20 with a routine visit. Nail surgery is £340 for one side; a biomechanical assessment £95. No VAT.
None, legally: they are two names for the same profession, both protected titles, and anyone using either must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council. Podiatrist is the modern term. Both of ours are registered and their numbers are on the team page.
The next free appointment is on the home page, worked out from the diary and the clock. Two slots a day are kept for new problems, so most people are seen within the week; if something should not wait, ring and say so.
No. Book directly. If your GP or consultant has written anything about your feet, bring it, and we will send them a note afterwards if you want us to.
Not necessarily. Many can be resolved by careful cutting of the edge at the first appointment. Surgery is for the ones that keep coming back, and we explain it fully before booking it.
Yes, on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons within about three miles of Birchgrove, for people who cannot get to the clinic, at the clinic price plus £18. Care homes book the afternoon for several residents.
A first appointment is forty-five minutes and £52: the history, the circulation and sensation checks, and the treatment itself. Book online from an hour and a half ahead or ring the clinic; two slots a day are kept for painful problems that should not wait.
