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What is a Foot Health Practitioner?
What is a FHP ?
A foot health practitioner (FHP) is college trained on average taking a 2-year course to Diploma level, not 5+ year university .Degree,
The FHP is however, qualified to the standards set by the BS5283 and the World Health Organisation (WHO) FHP's can provide routine foot care. They can also assess the condition of your feet and treat as appropriate or refer you to your local GP or podiatrist if necessary.
FHP's provide foot care treatments to help maintain the wellbeing of your feet, through to the more complex treatments such of ingrowing toenail etc.
Having diabetes means that the wellbeing of your feet is evermore importance and a FHP can provide a service where your feet are well maintained, and any troublesome conditions can be spotted in their infancy and treated or referred on.
Foot problems are very common and can affect anyone of any age. From corns and calluses to bunions and hammertoes, what often may appear as something small and insignificant, can pose great difficulties with footwear and with many daily activities like work and exercise. Additional problems may complicate matters, such as diabetes and poor circulation. With regular foot care, foot problems can be prevented.
Rosewood Foot Health Care Practitioners providing you with the best foot care
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There can be many reasons for using a Foot Health Practitioner, from routine nail cutting to general foot improvement and health or even for specific foot complaints such as verruca’s or ingrowing toenails. The service we offer is to ensure your feet are healthy and in the best possible condition, whatever your age.
An FHP may be used if you have mobility and/or flexibility issues or simply don’t have sufficient hand strength to operate nail clippers.
It could be that your eyesight is not sufficient for accurate nail cutting and once a nail has thickened it can be very hard to cut.
An FHP can deal with these issues for you.
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To become an FHP, you need to study to a Diploma level where they are taught
the correct procedures and safe techniques, including the use of the scalpel and
drill technique.
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Foot health care practitioners' skills do not just relate to the foot alone, they also
study and have a good understanding of the structure of the body especially
the lower limb that we work upon,
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The foot cannot exist without the systems that support it: -
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The skeletal system means that it can take weight and support us
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The musculature which makes the skeleton work
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The vascular system supplies nutrients and oxygen to the Tissues, and removes waste products
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The lymphatic system helps defend us from infection
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The nervous system gives sensation and protection
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The endocrine system is involved in supporting our cells and keeping tissues healthy
Once they have learned all of this they then get to work upon the foot and understand the processes which
must occur to keep the foot fully functional, FHP's learn how these systems work so that they are able to
recognise what happens if and when a foot problem occurs.
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Why Use A Foot Health Practitioner?
