Why Is Podiatry An Essential Service?
This is a question we get often. Podiatrists are health professionals that undertake a Bachelor of Applied Science or Podiatric Medicine at university for 4 years. Podiatrists are deemed essential during this pandemic lockdown because:
- If regular appointments are missed or held off this often leads to negative outcomes such as infection or pain
- Countless lower leg and foot complications will go undetected if your feet aren’t assessed and monitored
- Untreated ingrown nails can lead to infections, which could end up being life threatening
- If people have blisters, leg wounds or ulcerations on their feet and miss appointments or do not receive proper wound care, this can result in amputation or worse
- Foot pain relating to bones, muscles, tendons and soft tissue structures often affect peoples daily living and quality of life and need to be treated
- Essential workers and frontline staff need their feet to do their jobs
- We help take the strain off emergency rooms and GP’s who are dealing with other issues.
By Kate Gillingham, Podiatrist