Foot care
Cabinet de podologie de Vermont: health care partner since 1999
Feet: the basis of our well-being and health
Preserving healthy feet requires regular and adequate care. If there is a prolonged lack of appropriate care, heathy feet are transformed into pathological feet with pain and difficulties with wearing footwear and walking.It is important to highlight the world of difference between the hands and the feet in terms of maintenance and care. While it is relatively easy for everyone to take care of their hands, caring for the feet is fundamentally different.
Indeed, a great number of people struggle to care for their feet for various reasons and require podiatrists so that their feet remain in top condition.
Corns and calluses, as well as pathological toenails are a source of discomfort and suffering and are the main reason for consultation in the management of non-traumatic foot problems.
The interventions necessary to treat these conditions are delicate and meticulous. They must be performed with specific instruments under strict hygienic conditions to avoid injury and complications.Thanks to modern technology, our expertise and experience, we can treat these lesions without pain and without breaking the skin barrier.
Moreover, some of these conditions require orthopodiatric management, in addition to treatment.
The most common conditions
- Pathological and/or difficult-to-cut toenails
- Ingrown toenails
- Delaminated toenails, partially or entirely
- Onychomycosis
- Blisters and bruises
- Calluses, induration, keratoses and crevices
- Painful corns
- Macerated corn between the 4th and 5th toes
- Interdigital maceration, intertrigo, fissures
- Static disorders; high arches, flat feet, forefoot/ rearfoot valgus, rounded forefooDermatological disorders: mycoses, verrucae, athlete's foot
- Morton's Foot Syndrome (neuralgia between the 3rd and 4th toes)
- Painful deformation; bunoins, claw foot
- Osteoarthritis; hallux rigidus
- Metatarsalgia (pain in the forefoot) eg: fatigue fracture, syndrome of 2nd radius, overloading of metatarsal heads
- Talalgia (heel pain) eg: calcaneal spurs, plantar fasciitis
- Pain in the arch of the foot
- Tendonitis
Rarer conditions
- Gout
- Quintus varus (hallux valgus of the little toe)
- Sesamoiditis
- Dislocated toe
- Psoriasis
- Hand-foot syndrome (treatment for cancer)
- "Turf toe" big toe traumatised through extreme sports such as martial arts
- Spina bifida
- Ingrown toenail in a paralysed person
- Hair(s) embedded in the sole of the foot
- Clubfoot
- Deformed foot due to polio or another disease