Tag: Foot Care

Do you have Fungal Toenails?

April 12, 2016 ·

Fungal Toenails: Onychomycosis At our Oakville Foot Clinic the Chiropodist will see many people who are concerned about discoloured or thickened toenails. The foot specialist often sees someone with fungal toenails who may be seeing them for something completely unrelated like corns, calluses, or wart treatment. What is it? Onychomycosis … Continue reading Do you have Fungal Toenails? →

Meet Our Team – Registered Massage Therapist Sarah

March 8, 2016 ·

Oakville Massage Therapist Sarah initially graduated from The University of Western Ontario. At Western, she earned her Honours degree in English. After working in the corporate world for more than 15 years, Sarah decided to make a complete career change. She was interested in health care and wellness and decided to enroll … Continue reading Meet Our Team – Registered Massage Therapist Sarah →

Meet our Team! – Chiropodist Arien

February 25, 2016 ·

Meet Chiropodist D.CH, Hons Health Sciences! Palermo Physio and Wellness would like to introduce Arien, the Chiropodist (Foot Care Specialist). Many people recognize the title of Podiatrist but are less familiar with a Chropodist. As a Registered Chiropodist, her role as a health care professional specializes in the assessment, management and … Continue reading Meet our Team! – Chiropodist Arien →

Is my Toenail Ingrown?

February 22, 2016 ·

Our Oakville Chiropodist (foot care specialist) treats not only the skin of the feet but also the toenails and nail beds. People often relate a Chiropodist to heel pain, Custom Orthotics, and routine diabetic foot care. In our North Oakville Foot Clinic Chiropodist Arien often treats those with ingrown toenails … Continue reading Is my Toenail Ingrown? →

At Home Diabetic Foot Care Tips

February 2, 2016 ·

These foot care tips are a reminder from your Chiropodist on a good daily routine if you have diabetes or peripheral neuropathy. If you have Diabetes and have never had a diabetic foot screening it is important to do so in order to establish a baseline of foot health and … Continue reading At Home Diabetic Foot Care Tips →

Tips to Take Care of the Dry Skin on your Feet.

January 12, 2016 ·

Winter is the time of year when we see many of patients at our Oakville / Halton area Foot Clinic complaining about dry skin on their feet and ankles. Many people have concerns that it is unsightly, but in reality skin that is dry is more likely to become itchy, … Continue reading Tips to Take Care of the Dry Skin on your Feet. →

Happy New Year! Let us Help you Choose a Resolution!

January 5, 2016 ·

Our team at Palermo Physiotherapy and Wellness in Oakville would like to wish everyone a wonderful New Year! We hope everyone has a healthy and happy upcoming year. Our practitioners (Physio’s, RMT’s, and Chiropodist) enjoy what we do for a variety of reasons: We love educating and empower our patients … Continue reading Happy New Year! Let us Help you Choose a Resolution! →

The Do’s and Dont’s of Corn Management

October 1, 2015 ·

At our Oakville Foot Clinic, our Chiropodist as well as our Physio’s see a a variety of foot ankle issues. Frequently our Physiotherapists, while treating someone for an ankle sprain, plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis or arthritis, recognize other foot and toenail issues that would be ideally assessed and treated by … Continue reading The Do’s and Dont’s of Corn Management →

New Massage Hours!

September 1, 2015 ·

You asked and we listened! Our Oakville Physio, Massage (RMT) and Foot Clinic is pleased to announce increased availability of Registered Massage Therapy. Palermo Physio and Wellness will now have Massage Therapy appointments at our North Oakville location available 6 days a week. Practitioner availability for Massage is as below: … Continue reading New Massage Hours! →

Lets Talk Fungal Toenails…

August 10, 2015 ·

Many people we see for a routine foot and toenail check-up at our North Oakville Foot Clinic, just steps from Burlington and Milton, don’t realize they have Fungal Nails until Chiropodist (Foot Specialist) Brittney informs them. Fungal nails are not only visually unappealing, but area also problematic for overall foot … Continue reading Lets Talk Fungal Toenails… →