Foot Focus Podiatry

Health fund rebates, pensioner / health care card discounts available
Foot focus is dedicated to providing a caring and understanding environment for you. We believe education and communicating a clear treatment plan is such an important part of our treatment and will help us work together to get you back on your feet.

Foot Focus can treat:

FOOT

• Corns and calluses
• Toenails – ingrown/thickened/deformed/fungal
• Diabetes/Impaired circulation assessments
• Plantar fasciitis/heel spur
• Bunions
• Claw toes
• Morton’s Neuroma
• Arthritis
• Achy/Tired feet
• Footwear advice

ANKLE

• Sprains
• Poor Balance
• Tendonitis
• Achilles
• Arthritis
• Heel Pain

LOWER LIMB

• Leg length discrepancies
• Shin splints
• Tendonitis
• Knee, hip and back pain
• Leg cramps

Benefits of Choosing Foot Focus Podiatry

When you visit Foot Focus Podiatry you will be seeing a podiatrist who:

• specialises in muscular skeletal conditions which allows a thorough assessment of your lower body muscles and joints.
• takes a holistic and systematic approach in considering how your feet may also contribute to possible knee, hip or back pain.
• utilises mainstream therapies such as at-home exercises, strengthening, footwear and orthoses (shoe inserts/orthotics).
• utilises complimenting therapies such as joint mobilisation, trigger-point release, osteopathic techniques and acupuncture.

Below is an explanation of these therapies and how they allow us to help you.

Additional courses

Course	What?	Benefits to You
Mobilisation of joints	Correction of joint movement – quality and range.	Particularly useful for generalised achy or stiff feet and legs. Also beneficial for chronic problems.
Muscle dry needling & Trigger point release	Unlocking the soft tissue that is involved in the pain.	A fast and effective way to remove “muscle knots”.
Osteopathy	Mobilisation & manipulation techniques for the foot and ankle. Allows diagnoses of foot dysfunction based on osteopathic biomechanics and palpation of motion testing.	These gentle techniques are beneficial in restoring joint movement and quality of movement.
Advanced orthotic therapy	comprehensive understanding of how orthoses (shoe inserts) are made.	This ensures greater individualisation when making your orthoses.
Acupuncture	Inserting and manipulating needles into various points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.	Allows for additional pain relief.

Podiatrist Team

Brent Radford BSc (Pod) (Distinction) MA Pod A (Accredited)
Brent genuinely enjoys podiatry and treating all ages. He has a special interest in biomechanics (the movement of your body) and has completed additional courses in advanced orthotic therapy, joint mobilisation, trigger point release, acupuncture, and osteopathic techniques during his 13 years of practicing. Brent sees the importance in education and giving back to podiatry by allowing university students into his practise for real world experience during the year.

Reza Naraghi DPM MA Pod A
Reza is a podiatric surgeon and also a general podiatrist with over ten years experience allowing for greater depth in your consultation when dealing with structural issues (e.g. ingrown toenails, bunions, hammertoes etc). He has also completed additional courses which ensure he considers a non-surgical approach prior to surgery. Reza is greatly involved in podiatry in W.A and is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia (UWA).

Patricia (Trish) Cheney BSc (Pod) MA Pod A (Accredited)
Trish has an interest in all aspects of podiatry which allows her to practice primary podiatry care right through to biomechanics. Trish’s interest in patient care over her ten years has lead her to complete additional courses in advanced orthotic therapy, joint mobilisation, trigger point release and acupuncture. She has an ability to transfer knowledge to the general public in a soft and caring approach.
Members of the Foot Focus team also attend a bi-monthly Podiatry special interest group to learn from and contribute their knowledge with other keen podiatrists.

Rebates/Claims/Discounts

Private Health
Podiatry services may be claimable. Please check with your health fund. HICAPS (on-the-spot claiming) services are available at Foot Focus Podiatry.

Pensioner / Health Care Card Discount is available, please present your card when visiting.

Medicare
Podiatry services are generally not covered by Medicare, however from 1st July 2004 the federal government passed legislation to permit selective persons with a chronic medical condition or complex care needs to claim part rebate of podiatry services. An appropriate Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) referral must be obtained from your Doctor prior to the consultation at Foot Focus. Please visit your Doctor for more information or to determine your eligibility.

Contact Us

To make an appointment please call us on 08 9258 4152.

The clinic is located at 43 Bungaree Road, Wilson – just 10 minutes south of the Perth CBD (near Curtin University). There is easy access off Leach Hwy and Manning Rd.

Our clinic provides:

• Easy access (ramp) to ground level building
• Parking onsite
• Disabled parking onsite
• Bus stop at front door
• Transperth bus numbers 72 & 75
• Stop number 20133 – cnr McManus St and Bungaree Rd

We hope to hear from you soon.