Trinity Chiropody & Podiatry Clinic
Comprehensive range of foot treatment and surgery services
Trinity Podiatry Clinic is a private podiatry clinic providing a comprehensive range of foot treatment and surgery services at our 196 Ferry Road, Edinburgh clinic. Podiatrists give anything from general advice on foot problems & footwear to the normal chiropody procedures for sore feet, i.e. removal of corns, verrucae, ingrown toenails etc.
Orthotics
We also have a specialist interest in musculo skeletal aches & pains and sports injuries which can often be resolved following a biomechanical assessment, gait analysis and providing custom made functional foot orthoses.
Our general foot care treatments cover all nail problems from ingrown toenails, to thickened nails and fungal infections. We attend to hard skin, cracked heels, corns, calluses and warts or verrucaes.
Special treatment, assessment and advice is given to Diabetics and to anyone with circulation problems associated with the feet.
All ages are treated at the Foot Clinic without GP referral.
Foot Care Advice
If you need any advice on any aspect of foot care, or if you suffer from foot or leg symptoms then tell your podiatrist at the Trinity Podiatry Clinic who are specialists in the Podiatry and Chiropody field.
Patients travel from as far away as London, Newcastle, Glasgow, Northern Ireland, Inverness, Fife, Aberdeen, Dundee and many other places, as well as closer to home from the Edinburgh area to attend podiatrists at Trinity Podiatry Clinic. Patients who are housebound can be visited at home for an extra charge. Through the biomechanical process we treat and re-align the feet and lower limbs of many involved in strenuous sporting activities e.g. runners, jumpers, footballers, rugby players, triathletes etc and well as non-sporting patients.
The National Health Service provides Chiropody treatment but this service is mainly for high risk patients who have medical conditions, such as Diabetes. Most NHS Chiropody clinics are so full that it can be difficult to get an appointment and 3 - 6 months waiting lists are not uncommon.
The Edinburgh NHS Chiropody departments have adopted a policy of non-routine treatment and they are currently unable to offer to perform the task of nail cutting. This is sad, because nail trimming is important to anyone and we therefore delighted to offer a nail cutting service. An increasing number of senior citizens are attempting self-treatment as a result of the NHS policy. This practise could be dangerous due to impaired vision and create all sorts of infection problems. If toe nails are allowed to grow too long, pressure from shoes can force the nails into the wall of the toe, resulting in ingrown toe nails. Other damage to the nails can also develop due to trauma. It is important that a Podiatrist trim the nails, especially for senior citizens, diabetics and others with circulatory problems.
Ingrowing Toe Nails
Ingrown toe nails can be resolved with a minor surgical procedure which will ensure the offending part of the nail does not re-grown. This is done to produce an excellent post operative cosmetic result leaving a normal looking nail which is narrower and pain free.
We offer laser treatments and steroid injections for painful injuries, whether chronic longstanding problems or acute sports injuries. Painful areas can also be manipulated and strapped to get them to resolve.