Our Clinics

Paediatric
(Children)

We love this part of our day! Sasha, Nikki and Laura are our amazing paediatric nurses who work alongside us to give every young person a safe and welcoming experience of being in our care. 

We have two children’s foot surgery clinics, one at Junction 4 of the M25 (Chelsfield Park Hospital) and one in Tunbridge Wells. All of us at the specialist foot clinic are trained to Level 3 Child Protection, and our specialists have fantastic feedback from treating children for more than 30 years. 

FAQ’S

  • We have many ways at keeping children calm while visiting us, and guarantee smiles and kindness.

  • Checking regularly to pick up foot problems before they become painful, especially ingrowing toenails and verrucas. Cut nails straight across, and file the corners gently.

  • Bring them along to see us, as it may be pain associated with their growth or development and they may need treatment.

Dennis has an Anaesthetic!

This is a great little comic with fun activities to help put your child’s mind at ease.

Testimonials

  • "Suzanne Taylor was absolutely fantastic. She was incredibly professional but with such a lovely personality, she completely put my son at ease throughout his treatment. Suzanne Taylor demonstrates perfectly what the best looks like."

  • "So I (mother) was present at all appointments. Therefore, I would just like to add how impressed I was with Miss Taylor, not only her skills as a surgeon, but her manner in speaking to my son and I. We could not be happier and wouldn't want her to change a thing."

  • "She is great with children - puts them at ease and explain things to them clearly, especially on the day of the procedure."

  • "Despite 'X' being nervous of his minor op Suzanne made him feel relaxed and explained what was going to happen. Thank you.

  • "Thoroughly lovely & professional [consultant]. Put my son at ease from the moment he met her. Surgery went very well and he has had no problem since. Thank you Suzanne!"

Sports Injuries

We have specifically chosen to work at private Hospital locations across London and the South East which enable quick access to the best scanning and tests available.

Additionally we have partners within the diagnostic world such as LycaHealth and Prime Health for emergency x-ray and scan facilities (just incase you are a tough mudder!) and can usually access your imaging undertaken elsewhere through the private healthcare network, a system we call IEP.

You may additionally need specialist diagnostics, some of which we can undertake in clinic for you when you are with us, and specialist testing we may refer you for such as nerve conduction studies, blood tests, bone and soft tissue biopsies, nail sampling, and image guided diagnostic and treatment procedures.

FAQ’S

  • At your first consultation with us we will examine you and advise on whether we feel a gait analysis and assessment of your biomechanics is needed (lower limb motion).

    Sometimes this results in a specialist insole to change the way your foot contacts the floor during activity, called an orthotic.

  • We work with networks of specialist physiotherapists and sports podiatrists to enable quick and efficient rehab, to get you back to doing what you love.

  • We can see you quickly and provide immediate access to a range of tests to see what damage has been done, diagnosing on the day you see us if you have a fracture and agree a treatment plan with you straight away.

Foot Pain

Pain is unique to every person, and occasionally the cause of the foot pain you are experiencing may not be your foot.

Our specialists are highly trained to use a range of diagnostic tools to get to the bottom of the possible causes of your pain, firstly ruling out whether there is a musculoskeletal cause of your pain, and quickly getting you onto a treatment pathway back to fitness.

Common neurological problems we see and treat are neuroma, entrapped nerves/neuritis, neuropathy, night pain, first-step pain and/or numbness.

Working alongside consultants in pain management is essential to all lower limb specialists as, occasionally, the cause of foot pain is elsewhere in the body, and a programme of controlled medication may be required for a short period of time to switch off this pain.

FAQ’S

  • The foot is not a static structure, and when we run and walk we are propelling our full body weight through just one foot.

    We have the full range of static, and dynamic, imaging available to help diagnose the problem, and help you back to running pain-free.

  • A bunion can be caused because of the alignment of your foot or distribution of pressure under your foot.

    We will find the exact cause(s) of the pain, and explain this to you while you are with us.

  • We can see you quickly and provide immediate access to a range of tests to see what damage has been done, diagnosing on the day you see us if you have a fracture, and agree a treatment plan with you straight away.

Heel Pain

People tell us when visiting that there’s nothing worse than a pain as soon as you stand up out of bed in the morning!

There is no need to suffer with heel pain, and we have a multitude of treatments to help.

We believe that combining several methods of treatment at once is the best way to tackle heel pain, rather than try one method at a time. The most important thing is to firstly have an exact diagnosis from our specialists.

Depending on the cause of your heel pain, treatment plans may include stretching at home, physiotherapy, injection therapy, orthotics, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, surgery, incline board stretching, changing and adapting exercise regimes, and most importantly — warming up and warming down for all sports.

FAQ’S

  • We work in conjunction with Musculoskeletal podiatrists and Sports physiotherapists close to your location (work or home) where possible, and can refer you to the best people to help.

  • Darco night splints are very useful to keep the plantar fascia stretched when at rest, and are a good combination with active daytime stretches to help eliminate heel pain.

  • Heel pain is a syndrome with just one problem being plantar fasciitis. We see people with heel pain in all of our clinics, and will use a multitude of treatments at the same time for quick relief.

X-Ray & Diagnostics

Each private hospital and clinic has the full range of X-ray, MRI scanners and digital imaging requirements. 

Diagnostic injections with local anaesthetic can be utilised to aid diagnosis of complex foot pain.

Our Consultant Radiologist colleagues report on all imaging, and can carry out dynamic ultrasound scanning to see how the structures of your foot perform during movement, walking, running, and other sports.

This is particularly useful for assessing whether pain in the ball of your foot is a joint capsulitis (swelling) or an enlarged nerve between the metatarsals (neuroma).

FAQ’S

  • An Advanced DEXA scan will be able to assess whether you have osteoporosis, which may be the cause of this repetitive condition.

    We are able to refer you to Harley Street for a next day DEXA scan.

  • Podiatric surgeons are specialists of the foot and ankle, and therefore have a range of diagnostic tests they can use to help get to the bottom of your foot problem, rather like a detective this can involve ruling out the common things first.

  • A hand operated blood pressure cuff inflated around your ankle will bring on symptoms of tarsal tunnel syndrome, and the measure of cuff pressure where the symptoms start is recorded.

    Usually an MRI scan can assist with diagnosis, as there is often a small varicose vein in the tarsal tunnel that is the culprit.

Cardiological
(Lower Limb Circulation)

Your heart health and fitness level is directly related to your mobility. We want you to be as mobile as you can be every day. 

To have good foot health to keep you mobile you need to have enough blood getting to your feet through a system of arteries, and returning to your lungs through your lower leg veins pumping every stride.

If there’s a problem with this plumbing, we will detect this through clinical assessment and ABPI (ankle brachial pressure index) and get you to where you need to be quickly for treatment.

FAQ’S

  • Nope, we use a manual blood pressure cuff for a reading in each arm and in each leg (just above the ankle) and work out how much blood is getting to your feet.

  • You could have Raynauds Phenomenon, or chilblains.

    Lately we have seen an increase in chilblains all year round. Have a Google for ‘covid toe’!

  • Some people have an arterial problem (blood supply to feet), and some people a venous (blood return) problem.

    It is possible they could have both arterial and venous problems.

    We can assess what is happening with the circulation for them.