The Chelsea Chiropody & Podiatry Practice Address:273 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9PZ Telephone: 020 7351 4889 Mobile: 07774 638123	The Chelsea Chiropody & Podiatry Practice
	All the Podiatrists/Chiropodists at the Chelsea Chiropody and Podiatry Practice are Qualified and Registered with the Health Professions Council. We are members of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, and have experience in working for both the NHS (in hospitals) and in private practice.
	Contact Details Address:273 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9PZ Map Telephone: 020 7351 4889 Mobile: 07774 638123.

	Home remedies – corn plasters, verruca treatments and athletes foot creams and powders. Always ask the chemist and read the instructions or telephone us for advice. Some treatments can cause damage to your skin in certain conditions.
	How often do I need to see a Podiatrist? Treat your feet as you do your teeth, a yearly check up is healthy, but if you have pain then seek treatment. A frightening number of people think foot pain is normal! It isn’t!! If your feet hurt, seek advice.
	Can I get treatment on the National Health? Yes, if you fall into the priority groups for example being of pensionable age or perhaps having a diabetic foot problem. Ask your GP for the local criteria.
	If I have to be a private patient how much does it cost? A half hour routine appointment at the surgery costs £35.00 Biomechanical assessment, from £45.00 Orthotics manufacture from £65.00 Nail surgery from £170.00 including post operative care. Home visits from £45.00

		Julie Day, qualified from the London Foot Hospital in 1985 and established this practice in 1987. Julie carries out all routine care and specialises in nail surgery for ingrown toe nails. She is also a qualified Podiatric Acupuncturist. She taught at the London Foot Hospital until it's closure in December 2004 and is the Podiatrist for the Royal Marsden Hospital.
		Sean Lyons M.Ch.S qualified from the University of Brighton's Leaf hospital, Eastbourne, in 1998. Having immediately started work in NHS clinics Sean specialised in problems related to the Diabetic foot culminating in becoming lead podiatrist within an inner London Teaching Hospital. Having completed a Warwick University diploma in diabetes care Sean now combines work within NHS clinics and private practice. Sean carries out all routine foot treatments that often present in a Podiatry clinic.
		Nick Warminger BSc (Hons) MChS SRCh, obtained his degree in Podiatric Medicine from University College London and the London Foot Hospital and has worked in both the NHS and private practice since qualifying. Nick undertakes all aspects of routine care including nail surgery but has a keen interest in how the structure of the foot affects foot function and can lead to injury /pain to the lower limb (Biomechanics and sports injuries).
		Lois Taylor is the Practice's administrator and the voice you will speak with when you make an appointment. As you may have worked out from this likeness, she is photographically shy, but this is as close as we could get to what she looks like, and thus preventing her getting her own back with some interesting booking times!

		"Leonardo da Vinci" claimed the feet to be the "best piece of architecture in the world".Your foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments and 19 muscles. In fact the 52 bones in your feet equal a ¼ of all the bones in your body.Your feet are complex pieces of machinery and need regular maintenance.
	An average person takes 8,000-10,000 steps a day, covering 115,000 miles in their lifetime or the equivalent of walking 4 times round the world. How’s your journey going?
	When you run you put a pressure through your feet of more than 3-4 times your body weight. Do you run regularly?
	Some health conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, nerve and circulatory disorders can be noted first in feet. Your feet mirror your general health. How are your feet?