TORONTO PODIATRIST, TORONTO CHIROPODIST, WHICH TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST SHOULD I CHOOSE?

IN ONTARIO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 50 PRACTICING PODIATRISTS AND OVER 600 CHIROPODISTS.  BOTH ARE HIGHLY TRAINED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND ARE PRIMARY CARE WHICH MEANS THAT NO DOCTOR REFERRAL IS  NECESSARY. BOTH ARE TRAINED TO TREAT ALL TYPES OF FOOT CONDITIONS, PRESCRIBE MEDICATIONS AND PERFORM SURGERY AND ARE TREATED EQUALLY UNDER EXTENDED HEALTH CARE INSURANCE COMPANIES.  SINCE 1993 ALL ONTARIO PODIATRISTS AND CHIROPODISTS PRACTICE UNDER THE EXACT SAME REGULATIONS UNDER THE COLLEGE OF CHIROPODISTS OF ONTARIO.  PODIATRIST WHO WERE REGISTERED BEFORE 1991 WERE GRANDFATHERED AND HAVE A FEW MORE PRIVILEGES SUCH AS CONVEYING A DIAGNOSIS, FOREFOOT BONE SURGERY AND PARTIAL OHIP BILLING.

YOU CAN BE SURE THAT IF YOU CONSULT EITHER A PODIATRIST OR CHIROPODIST IN TORONTO YOU WILL RECEIVE COMPETENT FOOT CARE.  ONE THING THAT YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE CONSULTING ANY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IS LOOK AT THEIR GOOGLE, RATEMDS, YELP, YELLOW PAGES, ETC TO SEE WHAT THEIR PATIENTS THINK OF THEIR OFFICE AND FOOT CARE.  IF THE MAJORITY OF THE REVIEWS ARE NOT FAVOURABLE, YOU SHOULD THINK TWICE.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF TORONTO FOOT CLINIC, ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.

 

 

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