Avalon Beach Podiatry

Welcome to Avalon Podiatry

Avalon Podiatry is owned and operated by Mark Osborne, in the Avalon Parade Medical Clinic.

Mark is trained to diagnose and treat conditions associated with the feet and lower limbs.

Avalon Podiatry is also involved with the treatment of a wide range of foot complaints ranging from painful corns to heel pain, from general foot care to orthotics and nail surgery

Profile:

Mark Osborne studied at the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur and graduated in Podiatry in 1999.

Since graduating Mark has worked in both private practice and public hospital clinics.

The public hospital settings involved treating high risk patients such as Diabetic ulcers, patients with painful Rheumatoid arthritis and peripheral vascular disease.

In private practice Mark enjoys working with a wide range of patients, and has a keen interest in biomechanical related conditions, children’s feet and diabetic foot conditions.

Mark is an Accredited Podiatrist. Keeping up to date with the latest evidence based research is required by NSW Podiatry Association to become accredited.

Member of the NSW Sports Group.

Avalon Beach Podiatry in Avalon Beach, Sydney, NSW is in the category of Specialising in Deep Tissue Massage, Headache Physio, Sports injury Management.

Additional services by Avalon Beach Podiatry include Sports and Performance Optimisation, Joint Pain Physio, Orthotics, Physiotherapy, Neck Pain Physio, Back Pain Physio, Shoulder injury Physio, Whiplash Physio.

Contact Avalon Beach Podiatry to make an appointment with our friendly staff.

Services

Biomechanical Assessment:

The way you walk may be causing your foot or leg pain. Assessing your gait and foot posture can result in a management plan to resolve pain rapidly. Often treatment modalities include strapping, stretching, orthotics and footwear advice to achieve pain relief.

Orthotics:

Orthotics are inserts that fit into your shoes. They are used to support your foot structure and to change the way your foot takes weight when you walk or run. There are many different types of orthotics, and they can be categorised into ‘customised’ and ‘premoulded’ orthotics.  The type that suits you best can be determined at the time of consultation.

Children’s Feet:

Numerous foot and leg conditions in children can be treated by Podiatrists. The most common conditions include intoeing, Severs disease and painful flat feet. Treatment modalities include strapping, paddings and flexible orthotics for growing feet.

Corns and Callouses:

Corns and callouses are a build up of dead skin cells. It can be very painful when walking or in shoes. It is painlessly removed by a skilled Podiatrist. Instant relief as you walk out of the clinic.

Ingrowing nails: 

Are often caused by either incorrect cutting of the nail or by the inherited involuted nail shape. Simple removal of the offending nail spicule with minimal discomfort is often the only procedure necessary. For chronic ingrowing nails a procedure using local anaesthetic can permanently remove a portion of the nail.

Plantar Warts/Veruccae:

Plantar warts are often confused as corns. They require an accurate diagnosis. Warts are a viral infection of the skin, and build up callous within the wart causing pain when walking. Treatment usually involves removing the callous and treating the viral tissue with an acidic paste.

Thickened nails:

Thickened nails cause pain due to the pressure under the nail. This is usually caused by trauma, fungal infection or circulation problems. Painlessly thinning the nail and removing the callous under the nail will result in instant pain relief.

Diabetic Foot Assessment:

Patients with diabetes can have severe problems with their feet affecting the circulation and sensation. Determining the circulation and nerve supply the feet will assist in the management of the patients diabetes and footcare regime.
Other Common Foot Conditions:Heel pain; heel spurs; aching feet; arch pain (plantar fasciitis); flat feet (fallen arches); high arches; achilles pain; shin splints; bunion pain; footwear advice.

Reviews

“Elitist and nonsensical.
I wasn’t allowed to secure one of their available morning appointments because they save them for regular patients just in case. Their inhouse policy decides who is allowed to see a doctor when they need one. I wasn’t important enough, according to their elitist system. They recommended a time that didn’t suit me later in the day but wouldn’t offer me the available time that did. Just doesn’t make sense”

“This place is 50/50! I tried getting onto the books for 2.5yrs as a friend raved about it. Once I was in, I found out all these new to the area people got in first go! Even though I asked to be put on a wait queue which I never got a call back from. Anyway, I finally got in when I had a baby. Dr Eccles is a fantastic Dr. He is the only reason I keep coming back. He is professional and switched on. I have always felt secure with his handling of both my babies/toddlers health. For me though, I have been annoyed with a few visits, actually all but one. When I needed help with a referal to Tressilian, it was a mission and the paperwork was not completed correctly. One if the drs didn’t know about dalwood either. Charges for bulk bill items are inconsistent between drs. One of the receptionist cn be quite rude, I only biye my tongue as she got my sick baby in on the spot a few times which I really appreciated. Good with babies but toddlers don’t get priority if ill, from my experience. Call backs with results are slow. I try avoid one of the regular nurses – once she didn’t say a word to my husband when he took our child in, another time I had to ask for baby weight and height to be taken and all recorded in blue book which I presented. A bit rough with needle once. Never on time even though no patient leaves before we go in. She seems disinterested alot of the time. In summary, I rate Dr Eccles for kids. He is excellent.”

“Avalon Parade Medical. The reception is very rude. They act more like military comanderd. Dr Townend I was late for 10 mins due to car trouble refused to see me. I wonder are these really doctors to help people??? I said I was in pain but they insisted I can only see doctor after lunch although she was in her office. It’s a pity there are such nasty people around.”

“They were far too busy to see us. We,ll go somewhere else.”