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    • Feet
      • Heel Pain
      • Foot Pain
      • Plantar Fasciitis
      • Achilles Tendonitis
      • Flat Feet
      • High Arch Feet
      • Arch Pain
      • Bunion
      • Heel Spurs
      • Metatarsalgia
      • Extensor Tendonitis
      • Sesamoiditis
      • Plantar Plate Injury
      • Hallux Rigidus
      • Foot Drop
      • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
      • Baxter’s Nerve Entrapment
      • Clawed and Hammer Toes
      • Morton’s Neuroma
      • Os Navicular Syndrome (Accessory Navicular)
    • Ankle
      • Ankle Injuries
      • Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
      • Peroneal Tendonitis
      • Chronic Ankle Sprain
      • Acute Ankle Sprain
      • Talar Dome Injuries
      • Ankle Impingement
    • Leg
      • Leg Length Discrepancy
      • Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (Shin Splints)
      • Hamstring Strain
      • Calf Strain
    • Knee
      • Knee Pain
      • Runner’s Knee
      • Jumper’s Knee
      • Meniscus Tear
      • Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
      • Knee Osteoarthritis
    • Paediatric Conditions
      • Children’s Flat Feet
      • In-toe Walking
      • Toe Walking
      • Knock Knees (Genu Valgum)
      • Heel Pain (Sever’s Disease)
      • Juvenile Bunions
      • Osteochondrosis
      • Kohler’s Disease
      • Iselin’s Disease
      • Osgood-Schlatter Disease
    • Skin & Nails
      • Ingrown Toenail
      • Plantar Warts
      • Fungal Toenail
      • Foot Corns
      • Foot Calluses
      • Fungal Skin
    • Rheumatology
      • Rheumatoid Arthritis
      • Gout
    • Diabetic Foot Condition
      • Diabetic Foot Ulcer
      • Charcot Foot
      • Peripheral Arterial Disease
      • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
    • Feet
      • Heel Pain
      • Foot Pain
      • Plantar Fasciitis
      • Achilles Tendonitis
      • Flat Feet
      • High Arch Feet
      • Arch Pain
      • Bunion
      • Heel Spurs
      • Metatarsalgia
      • Extensor Tendonitis
      • Sesamoiditis
      • Plantar Plate Injury
      • Hallux Rigidus
      • Foot Drop
      • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
      • Baxter’s Nerve Entrapment
      • Clawed and Hammer Toes
      • Morton’s Neuroma
      • Os Navicular Syndrome (Accessory Navicular)
    • Ankle
      • Ankle Injuries
      • Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
      • Peroneal Tendonitis
      • Chronic Ankle Sprain
      • Acute Ankle Sprain
      • Talar Dome Injuries
      • Ankle Impingement
    • Leg
      • Leg Length Discrepancy
      • Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (Shin Splints)
      • Hamstring Strain
      • Calf Strain
    • Knee
      • Knee Pain
      • Runner’s Knee
      • Jumper’s Knee
      • Meniscus Tear
      • Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITBS)
      • Knee Osteoarthritis
    • Paediatric Conditions
      • Children’s Flat Feet
      • In-toe Walking
      • Toe Walking
      • Knock Knees (Genu Valgum)
      • Heel Pain (Sever’s Disease)
      • Juvenile Bunions
      • Osteochondrosis
      • Kohler’s Disease
      • Iselin’s Disease
      • Osgood-Schlatter Disease
    • Skin & Nails
      • Ingrown Toenail
      • Plantar Warts
      • Fungal Toenail
      • Foot Corns
      • Foot Calluses
      • Fungal Skin
    • Rheumatology
      • Rheumatoid Arthritis
      • Gout
    • Diabetic Foot Condition
      • Diabetic Foot Ulcer
      • Charcot Foot
      • Peripheral Arterial Disease
      • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
    podiatrist Jackie Tey assess patient's foot pain using a goniometer
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    Treatments

    • Customised Foot Orthoses (Insoles)
    • Customised Sport Orthoses (Insoles)
    • Ankle-Foot Orthosis
    • Paediatric Supramalleolar Orthoses
    • Focused Shockwave Therapy
    • Radial Pressure Wave Therapy
    • Magnetotransduction Therapy (EMTT)
    • Partial Nail Avulsion
    • Wart Needling & Curettage
    • Wart Cryotherapy
    • PACT Antifungal Therapy
    • Wound Debridement
    • Diabetic Foot Screening
    • Customised Foot Orthoses (Insoles)
    • Customised Sport Orthoses (Insoles)
    • Ankle-Foot Orthosis
    • Paediatric Supramalleolar Orthoses
    • Focused Shockwave Therapy
    • Radial Pressure Wave Therapy
    • Magnetotransduction Therapy (EMTT)
    • Partial Nail Avulsion
    • Wart Needling & Curettage
    • Wart Cryotherapy
    • PACT Antifungal Therapy
    • Wound Debridement
    • Diabetic Foot Screening
    podiatrist treating knee arthritis with shockwave therapy
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Ingrown Toenail or Infection? How to Tell the Difference (And When to Act Fast)

infected ingrown toenail of the right big toe

Blog That sharp twinge at the corner of your toenail probably started small. Maybe it was only sore when you pressed on it, or when the edge of your shoe caught it just right. But now the skin around the nail looks different: a little redder, a little puffier. You are not sure whether to […]

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Straits Podiatry (Buona Vista),
31 Rochester Drive,
#02-01 (Hotel Block),
Singapore 138637

Straits Podiatry (Katong),
i12 Katong, 112 East Coast Rd,
#03-01/02/03/04/28,
Singapore, 428802.

Straits Podiatry (Orchard),
The Centrepoint
176 Orchard Rd,
#06-05,
Singapore, 238843

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Conditions

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Treatments

  • Customised Foot Orthoses (Insoles)
  • Customised Sport Orthoses (Insoles)
  • Ankle-Foot Orthosis
  • Paediatric Supramalleolar Orthoses
  • Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (Focused)
  • Radial Pressure Wave Therapy
  • Magnetotransduction Therapy (EMTT)
  • Partial Nail Avulsion
  • Wart Needling & Curettage
  • PACT Antifungal Therapy
  • Diabetic Foot Screening
  • Wound Debridement

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Conditions

  • Feet
  • Ankle
  • Leg
  • Knee
  • Paediatric Conditions
  • Rheumatology
  • Skin & Nails
  • Diabetic Foot
Treatments

Customised Foot Orthoses (Insoles)

Customised Sport Orthoses (Insoles)

Ankle-Foot Orthosis

Paediatric Supramalleolar Orthoses

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (Focused)

Radial Pressure Wave Therapy

Magnetotransduction Therapy (EMTT)

Partial Nail Avulsion

Wart Needling & Curettage

Wart Cryotherapy

PACT Antifungal Therapy

Diabetic Foot Screening

Wound Debridement

Feet

  • Heel Pain
  • Foot Pain
  • Plantar Fasciitis
  • Achilles Tendonitis
  • Flat Feet
  • High Arch Foot Type
  • Arch Pain
  • Heel Spurs
  • Bunions
  • Metatarsalgia
  • Extensor Tendonitis
  • Sesamoiditis
  • Plantar Plate Injury
  • Hallux Rigidus
  • Foot Drop
  • Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Baxter's Nerve Entrapment
  • Clawed and Hammer Toes
  • Morton's Neuroma
  • Accessory Navicular

Ankle

  • Ankle Injuries
  • Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
  • Peroneal Tendonitis
  • Chronic Ankle Sprain
  • Acute Ankle Sprain
  • Talar Dome Injuries
  • Ankle Impingement

Leg

  • Leg Length Discrepancy
  • Shin Splints
  • Hamstring Strain
  • Calf Strain

Knee

  • Knee Pain
  • Runner’s Knee
  • Jumper’s Knee
  • Meniscus Tear
  • Iliotibial Band Syndrome
  • Knee Osteoarthritis

Paediatric Conditions

  • Children’s Flat Feet
  • In-toe Walking
  • Toe Walking
  • Knock Knees
  • Paediatric Heel Pain
  • Juvenile Bunions
  • Osteochondrosis
  • Kohler’s Disease
  • Iselin’s Disease
  • Osgood-Schlatter Disease

Rheumatology

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Gout

Skin & Nails

  • Ingrown Toenails​
  • Plantar Warts
  • Foot Corns
  • Foot Calluses
  • Fungal Nails
  • Fungal Skin

Diabetic Foot

  • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcers
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease
  • Charcot Foot