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Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:48:35 +0000

Hi Karen

I think you will do very well. I am just coming to the end of my foot health practitioner couse and also reflexology. I will be specialising in foot treatments – also pedicures.

Go for it!

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Karen

Karen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:59:30 +0000

P.S I have trained in Reflexology and feel this would go appropriately along with foot care. Surely if we are not pretending to be a Podiatrist (which I wouldnt dream of)and only offer what we are trained to do, why is that a bad thing? There seems to be a lot of angry chiropodists on here, are you sure its not because your worried that some of your work could be taken over by a foot care practitioner?

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Karen

Karen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:42:12 +0000

My NHS podiatrist advised me to do a Foot care practitioner course, when I discussed with them that I couldn’t carry on doing massage because I am suffering from hypermobilty pain in my arms, also I cannot (although would prefer to) go to uni to train to be a podiatrist/chiropodist as I have two children and can’t afford it financially or time wise. Surely as long as you are conscientious in your work and know your limitations and have a caring attitude, then surely that along with a diploma in foot care is a good start to (escuse the pun) helping people onto their feet?

Comment on FitFlop and TrimSole flip-flops by Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:22:35 +0000

I have to agree with the above posting! I recently purchased 2 pairs of trimsole and what a mistake! They have absolutely no support for your foot and the sheepskin design long boots are worse than a cheap primark pair! My foot immediately comes out the back of the boot and over the heel – they are rubbish!!!!! DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY THESE! Stick to the real things! (I also bought the “Next” version of “rockers” toning boot and they are fab!

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Tough Guy

Tough Guy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:53:44 +0000

No! Don’t do it – these guys are cheapskates – sure FHPs are fine at cutting nails but you can learn to do that in 1hr – dont pay big bucks being taught by these guys, the FHP scheme is a rip off. They do teach corn and callus removal – but there is no way they can teach the proper way to treat, as if you dont know your bio-mechanics then you are ripping your pts off. you can not possibly hope to solve their problems by just cutting corns – offloading and orthotic provision are essential tools in this kind of care (and you will only find this kind of training in a Uni – it takes years), you will be treating their problem but not solving it so they have to keep coming back regularly to have their corns cut – crap for them – great for you because you can charge them for this – but is that ethical ? nothing is as straight forward as it seems.

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Wilma

Wilma — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:49:04 +0000

Hello Vanessa,
I’m very pleased to read that you are a successful and happy FHP. There is indeed quite a bit of bullying going on. Just one question what are the costs of starting a practice? I’m considering to enrol for the course at the SMAE institute. Do you you think this is one of the best course providers?

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Fran

Fran — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:43:46 +0000

Hello Paula,
There is no course in podiatry that is taught by distance learning. It doesn’t matter where you live, you need to attend a university for a 3 – year full-time course.

Caroline,
Those who are practising podiatry without a degree are either
a) those who trained privately prior to 2005 and were deemed as suitable to come onto the Health Professions Concil Register in a process called “grandparenting”. this required that several criteria had to be met.
or
b)Those who completed a full-time 3 year course for what was originally called “State Registration”. These practitioners were automatically transferred onto the HPC register as the government recogised that their level of training was high.
The route for podiatry training is now via a degree course as mentioned previously.

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:39:37 +0000

Gosh… and hello Vanessa!

I’m stunned at the bullying you have received here from people upset that it is possible to make a good living in podiatry without a degree!

I am a SMAE trained FHP and have an ever increasing client base. Over the last 3 years my career has flourished and I have established a series of clinics with little advertising and I would disagree that you are wasting any money on your training! On the contrary!

I have never pretended to be a Podiatrist and at no time during my course was it suggested that I was receiving the equivalent level of training. In fact, we were discouraged from dealing with issues we did not recognise, and were trained to spot warning signs and refer patients without hesitation if we encountered anything unfamiliar or out of the ordinary.

I have a good podiatrist friend to whom I happily refer, however, the vast majority of the people I see rebook every six weeks with their routine foot-issues and are delighted to have found me.

GO FOR IT VANESSA! There is sadly a huge market of people out there who are forced to pay for foot care due to the suppressed situation in podiatry within the NHS. Fortunately, we are there to help them and they are very glad of it.

Relax all you chiropodist Stephens, Johns and Tough-Guys out there!! There are plenty of fish in the sea (in my experience anyway!) and it is unnecessary to patronise and bully good people trying to help others and make a living in a similar, if simpler way.

Don’t worry, FHP’s will not be performing anything outside their meagre spec! We will not be evulsing toe nails – nor would we want to(not even a bit!) – in fact you highly qualified types are more than welcome.

We’ll just carry on with our simple everyday foot encounters and, with care, continue making a very good living to boot! Ha ha ha!

Comment on Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses by Paula

Paula — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:16:02 +0000

Hi
I am an Irish person looking to do a course in podiatry, can anyone one give me advise whether there is a university in England that you can do the course from home(ireland)??? and maybe do the practical side in an irish hospital?

Comment on Aircast A60 Ankle Brace for Plantar Fasciitis and Ankle Support in Sport by monaliza caramat

monaliza caramat — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:06:21 +0000

We would like to order 1 for my friend’s right foot because she is suffering with that plantar fasciitis. Where and how can we buy this brace? Thanks.