FOOTMECH Ensuring Quality foot function

I qualified as Podiatrist at Witwatersrand Technikon in South Africa in 1989. It involved a 4 year Higher National Diploma. I went on to start private practice in Benoni, near Johannesburg, after a year, I purchased a practice from a retiring Chiropodist in Durban, where I went on to practice for 12 years.

I was the 1^st Podiatrist in the Natal region to introduce the Biomechanical approach that underpins my experience today. Natal is the home of the Comrades Marathon, which is a popular yearly Ultra Marathon.  I saw a high number of Long-Distance runners as patients. I attended the Comrades Expo for 10 years in a row, representing various Running Shoe Brands, providing advice to Runners on Footwear and Biomechanical Running Injuries. I was also involved in seeing rugby, football and cricket players, some at a provincial level.

Moving to the UK in 2003, I started a practice in Reigate and have been here ever since. I purchased the building I currently operate from in 2005 and have upgraded to building to current spec. We now have a pleasant clinical environment to see patients.

Since coming to the UK, I have had the privilege of expanding my skills into understanding the functional cause of the symptoms we complain about. We aim to utilise the most up to date conservative techniques understanding the cause of the injury or complaint.   Careful history taking underpins an hypothesis of cause, which provides a roadmap to improving, the condition presented with.