Podiatry is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention and treatment of foot diseases.

The pathologies treated are:

• Free orthostasis (free standing position)
• Open kinetic chain (the system in which the farthest end is free, without any kind of constraint (Example: leg extension in a sitting position)
• During walking
• a diagnostic examination is also performed, via the baropodometric, for the study of plantar support and load distribution during walking.

The pathologies treated by the Fisiokinetic Center for Podiatry are:

• Nail diseases (e.g., nail dystrophy, onychomycosis, ingrown nail, etc.)
• Skin diseases (e.g., warts, ulcerations, hyperkeratosis, dyskeratosis, etc.)

REHABILITATION

The podiatry specialist also performs:

• Active, passive and propioceptive physiokinesitherapy of foot and ankle
• post-surgical reeducation

ORTHESIC-PODOLOGICAL THERAPY

• Plantar orthotics: making accommodative orthotics (for proper load distribution) and biomechanical orthotics (for correction of any joint deformities)
• Nail orthotics: nail rehabilitation and reconstruction (ingrown nail, dystrophic nail)
• Digital orthoses: fabrication of custom-made silicone devices to contain and/or correct finger deformities (jawed fingers, hammer toes, etc.)