SORE FEET? HEEL PAIN?

60% of Australians suffered foot pain in 12 months,
yet only 2 out of 5 sought help*

YOU'RE NOT ALONE ! WE UNDERSTAND !

 

Welcome to your solution to foot or ankle pain. Our team of podiatrists are dedicated to the relief of your pain. We offer innovative care for all foot and lower limb pain.

Our clinic has been situated in St Marys for 15 years. Patients have come to trust our team and have brought their children and childrens, children.

It is important to know the team you use, are the team you can trust. Our professional care and commitment will give you that peace of mind.

 

Our home

Our principle office situated at the base of the Blue Mountains in Western Sydney ’s St Marys, a recently renovated purpose built facility in which our team are able to provide you with all that’s expected of superior health care.

Set in an inviting garden setting, park onsite then walk inside and enjoy the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Be our guest and help yourself to a biscuit , coffee or cool drink in our modern rooms, read a magazine or browse through the day’s newspaper in air conditioned comfort, during your short wait for our podiatrists.

Ample on and off street Parking is available and ramps providing easy access for the elderly or disabled.

Our recently established Penrith clinic is conveniently located across the road from Nepean square shopping centre.

Housing Western Sydneys first "Gait Lab". It utilises video treadmill walk and run analysis using the innovative "Dart Fish" video analysis software. As used by the Australian Institute of sport and the Olympic committees of both the USA and China.

This combined with the powerful TOG Gaitscan system and Force Plate. Measuring force and weight distribution in both standing and walking patterns at 130hz provides revolutionary diagnostics unparrelled in the west of Sydney.

 

Our staff and continuing education

All A Step Ahead staff attend continuing education courses to improve their knowledge and skills. Continuing education is essential to bring you the latest advances in podiatric care. Our professional staff have gained accreditation through the Australian Podiatry Council and are recognised as Accredited Podiatrists in response to their ongoing education. Podiatrist’s must accrue points through attending continuing education over a restricted period of time, a condition of employment for our staff is they must be Accredited! We have been involved with the universities clinical placement programme for many years, which involves placement of students to observe how podiatrists work in a clinical setting. Our clinic is also involved in sponsorship of post graduate studies. We feel this not only provides support for the individual’s studies, but the entire profession, as research into podiatry will benefit us all.

 

Sports Care

Our clinics are professional members of Sports Medicine Australia. We have Sports Podiatrists, Sports trainers and Masseurs offering care at our clinics. Our staff, also pursue education in the care of sporting patients.

We are heavily involved with Little Athletics in the local area providing on field sports care for injuries, as well as involvement in training and sponsorship of local Rugby league and Soccer sides.

See our Sports Care section for more details.

 

Sterilisation

You need a guarantee, sterilisation needs to be done right. We employ all sterility measures available exceeding the Australian standard.

• All instruments cleaned using ultrasonic cleaners.
• All instruments sealed bagged and tagged for your peace of mind.
• All instruments autoclaved beyond the Australian standard
• All instruments and equipment are tracked through this process using the Meditrax ™ process.
• All instruments are checked and rechecked.
• All clinical surfaces cleaned to Australian standards .

We take our sterilising very seriously.

We’re clean, our guarantee.

 

More than just feet

Many people may remember podiatrist for “just cutting toe nails” but over the many years since podiatry began our practice has moved a long way from this humble beginning.

Our clinic uses the latest modes of treatments for a variety of problems.

You are our main concern and we offer a full range of services to ensure you are completely cared for, including

DART FISH Advanced video analysis software	Laser Therapy	Doppler (blood flow) studies
Deep connective tissue massage	Computer generated orthotic manufacture	TOG Gait scan systems (force plates)
That's just to name a few!

We assure you of superior health care and service.

 

Away from home (fly in/ Fly out project)

Since 2002 our practice has been involved with the Outback division of general practice NSW (Outback GP’S) fly in / fly out regional and remote services.

On a regular basis our podiatrists jump in a little plane, 4 seats - yes its little, and head to the “outback”. A regular clinic is run in Bourke, Brewarrina, Cobar, Engonia, Lightning Ridge, Walget and other outback towns in the region.

The clinic services the entire local community but focuses on patients who most need to see the podiatrist. These tend to be patients with diabetes , many with or at high risk of developing ulcerations .

We have also had the opportunity to bring more specialist care to the area, with podiatrists from Liverpool, Concord, and RPA high risk foot clinics attending on some of our visits to assist with education of the area’s GP’s, hospital and community health nurses and Aboriginal health workers.

*Newspoll commissioned by the Australian Podiatry Council in 2002.
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