Podiatrists: Your Partners in Health Care

Podiatrists: Uniquely qualified for a range of highly professional foot care

Podiatrists are not just professionals who prescribe, dispense, and manufacture orthotics & orthopedic shoes orthotics & custom shoes: we provide the gamut of foot care and surgery on and below the surface of the foot and ankle.

Our educational model trains podiatrists to competently deliver care ranging from conservative management of minor foot ailments through palliative care to reconstructive surgery for complex orthopedic pathology.

We are skilled in biomechanical and surgical means to assess, diagnose and treat patients for pathology on the surface and, uniquely, below the surface of the foot and ankle.

Only our members can make independent assessment and diagnosis based upon clinical examination and through ordering and interpreting medical diagnostic tests including

    • MRIs,
    • Bone scans,
    • CT scans,
    • Blood tests, etc.

Patients are often referred to us by physicians as the specialists for all types of foot care. Referring to podiatrists minimizes the likelihood that patients will have to be referred from one professional to another to obtain the care they require.

Podiatrists can

Assess
Podiatrists are able to order blood tests and, by utilizing the latest imaging modalities, including radiography, nuclear medicine, CT scans and MRIs, podiatric physicians are able to evaluate most foot pathologies.
Diagnose
Podiatrists can make independent assessments and diagnoses based upon clinical examination and through ordering and interpreting medical diagnostic tests including: MRIs, bone scans, CT scans, blood tests, etc.
Treat
Podiatrists deliver care ranging from conservative management of minor foot ailments through palliative care to reconstructive surgery for complex orthopedic pathologies.

Be confident in partnering with a DPM knowing that we have access to treatment ranging from conservative routine foot care to biomechanical management and surgery.

Contact the CPMA (info@podiatrycanada.org) to find a podiatrist in your area.