Further information
Attendance eligibility
Any member of the public can attend the Clinic for assessment. While referrals from medical and other health practitioners are welcome, patients do not need a medical referral to attend the Clinic.
Fees
Podiatric treatment in our student clinic is available to members of the public at reduced fees for a wide range of general podiatry services. Payment is required at the time of treatment, and can be made by cash, cheque, EFTPOS or credit card.
As this is a teaching facility, you cannot claim a rebate on the fees charged from private health insurance funds or through Medicare.
Consultations
- Initial consultation $40.00
- Standard consultation $35.00
- Short consultation $25.00
Other services
- Laser wart removal/fungal nail $250 first treatment /$100 follow up
- Standard wart removal $110
- Biomechanical examination / Gait analysis $40.00
- Custom orthotic therapy (Includes biomechanical examination, casting and one review appointment) Single $220.00
Pair $330.00 - Pre-custom orthotics Pair $75.00
- Nail surgery (Includes 1-2 review appointments) One toe $110.00; Two toes $165.00
The UWA Podiatry Clinic is a training venue for students studying undergraduate and postgraduate podiatric medicine.
The Clinic caters for the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of foot and ankle conditions. Undergraduate students in Levels 2 - 4 and postgraduate students participate in the clinical activity under the supervision of academics and visiting podiatrists.
It offers podiatric treatment to members of the public at reduced fees for a wide range of general podiatry services. The Clinic has individual consulting bays, an orthoses laboratory, a gait analysis laboratory, and additional supporting facilities.
- Clinical services
- Children's foot care
- Adult foot care
- Sports podiatry
- Orthoses
- Gait analysis laboratory
Clinical services 
- general podiatry care
- paediatric foot assessment
- sports injuries of foot and ankle
- prescription and manufacture of foot orthoses
- diabetic foot assessment
- minor podiatric surgery.
Children's foot care
Many symptomatic foot problems we endure as adults are present but remain undetected in children.
Indeed, a number of foot problems may be diagnosed and effectively treated within the first few months of a baby’s life. For this reason, we suggest all children should be screened for foot problems before the age of six months, again at 18 months, then at three years and seven years of age.
Children’s foot and leg problems which can be assessed and helped are:
- infant foot deformities
- in-toeing or out-toeing
- pronated or flat feet
- sever’s disease (heel pain)
- toe deformities
- toenail conditions
- verruca (warts).
Laser treatment
The use of laser therapy in podiatry is quite new and provides an exciting means of painlessly treating a range of conditions that were often difficult to manage or required prolonged periods of treatment. Conditions such as onychomycosis (fungal infection of the nails) often respond well to just a few laser treatments, thus avoiding the use of oral antifungal medications. Laser can also be effective in the treatment of warts, scars, superficial varicose veins of the foot and lower leg and certain other conditions.
Adult foot care
Foot structure often changes as we age and may lead to the development of corns, callous, bunions and other foot ailments. Routine podiatric care can help prevent many of these conditions from becoming a chronic problem.
We are well versed in dealing with the following common conditions:
- ingrowing toenails
- fungal infections of the skin or nails
- corns, callouses or verruca (warts)
- treatment of bunions
- hammertoes
- neuromas
- heel spurs
- arthritic conditions
- metatarsalgia
- foot / ankle pain
- diabetic foot assessment
- diabetic wound management.
Sports podiatry
Abnormal foot mechanics is the cause of many overuse-sporting injuries affecting the foot and lower limb. Such conditions often respond well to advice on footwear, individualised stretching programs and/or the use of custom foot orthoses.
These common sports injuries can be addressed:
- plantar fasciitis
- ankle instability
- Achilles tendonitis
- shin splints
- retro-patella pain syndrome.
Orthoses
Many foot complaints can be effectively treated with custom-made orthoses or foot supports.
Orthoses are individually prescribed and made from plaster impressions of your feet held in their ‘neutral’ position. Such devices are designed to relieve abnormal stresses on the foot, ankle, leg, hip and lower back.
Orthoses prescribed at the Clinic are usually constructed from ultra-thin carbon graphite composites or thin polypropylene materials that take up very little space inside the shoe.
Carefully designed and constructed, such devices are usually comfortable to wear and effective in reducing or eliminating the symptoms of poor foot posture. Most private health insurance funds provide rebates for prescription foot orthoses.
Diabetic conditions
The prevalence of diabetes in Australia is increasing and podiatrists play an important role in the multidisciplinary health care of patients with diabetes. All diabetics should have their legs and feet checked on a regular basis by a podiatrist who will perform a neurovascular assessment and provide advice about preventing foot problems and care for any existing condition.
Without proper preventative care, patients with diabetes are prone to develop skin pressure lesions that may progress into foot ulcers that often become infected and lead to major complications and the subsequent need for extensive surgery. Regular podiatry and medical care can prevent serious foot complications from developing.
Minor surgery
Podiatrists often perform minor surgical procedures on the foot. Operations of this kind are usually conducted in the podiatrist'srooms under local anaesthesia with the patient able to ambulate immediately following the procedure. Surgeries include the removal of ingrown toenails, warts and other benign skin lesions and simple tenotomies for the correction of digital deformities.
Gait analysis laboratory
The Clinic has a modern gait analysis laboratory with state of the art EMED 
(platform) and Pedar (in-shoe) plantar pressure measuring equipment, treadmill and siliconCOACH™ video analysis software.
Patients will benefit significantly from the use of this technology, including those requiring foot orthoses to manage a range of gait abnormalities, sports or work-related injuries, and diabetic patients with pressure distribution problems.
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
