Diabetes foot assessments, high-risk foot management and ulcer prevention across Melbourne and Roxburgh Park, in your home or at our clinic.
Foot complications are among the most serious and most preventable consequences of diabetes. Regular assessment is the single most useful thing you can do about them.
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In a foot without diabetes, a blister or a small cut is a nuisance. In a foot affected by diabetes it can be the beginning of something much more serious, for two reasons.
Nerve damage means you may not feel it. Peripheral neuropathy reduces the protective pain that would normally make you stop, adjust your shoe, or look at your foot. People frequently walk on an injury for days without knowing it is there.
Reduced circulation means it heals slowly. Narrowed arteries in the lower limb reduce the blood supply that wound healing and infection control depend on.
Put those together and a minor injury can progress to an ulcer, an ulcer can become infected, and infection in a poorly perfused foot can threaten the limb. Diabetes-related foot disease remains a leading cause of hospital admission and lower limb amputation in Australia, and the great majority of that sequence is interruptible if it is caught early.
That is the entire logic of regular foot assessment. Not because your feet are necessarily a problem now, but because knowing your risk category changes what you and we do about small things.
Comprehensive Diabetes Foot Assessment, Neurological testing for protective sensation, vascular assessment including pulses and, where indicated, doppler and pressure testing, skin and nail assessment, foot structure and pressure areas, and footwear review, producing a documented risk category and a review interval.
High-Risk Foot Care, Regular, safe nail and skin care for feet where self-care or a general nail salon is unsafe, including callus debridement using sterile technique.
Ulcer Prevention and Offloading, Pressure redistribution through footwear advice, padding, accommodative orthoses and offloading devices, targeted at the specific areas taking excess load.
Wound and Ulcer Management, Assessment and management of diabetes-related foot ulcers in collaboration with our nursing team, your GP and high-risk foot services, with prompt escalation where required.
Education, Daily checking technique, footwear, what to do about a new injury, and who to call. This is not filler, most serious outcomes begin with something that was noticed late or not acted on.
Estimated appointment availability for podiatry across Melbourne.
Any new diabetes-related foot wound, or a foot that is red, hot or swollen, is triaged urgently. Tell us at booking.
Home visits are a significant part of this service. Many of the people at highest risk of foot complications are those who find it hardest to get to appointments, reduced mobility, vision loss, no transport, or living in residential aged care. Care that requires a trip across Melbourne every six weeks is care that eventually stops happening.
We provide diabetes foot care in private homes, retirement villages, supported accommodation and residential aged care across Melbourne, with in-clinic appointments at Roxburgh Park.
inOne Healthcare provides mobile podiatry across Roxburgh Park, Melbourne and Western Sydney. To arrange an appointment, call 1300 765 456 today.
Everyone with diabetes should have a foot assessment at least annually. If you have neuropathy, circulation problems, foot deformity or a previous ulcer, assessment is needed considerably more often, your podiatrist will set the interval.
Seek same-day medical or podiatry assessment if you notice:
Do not wait to see whether it improves over the weekend. In a foot affected by diabetes, a delay of a few days can change the outcome substantially. If you cannot reach us, attend your GP or an emergency department.
Check your feet every day, including between the toes and the soles, use a mirror or ask someone if you cannot see them easily. Wash daily and dry thoroughly, particularly between the toes. Moisturise the tops and soles but not between the toes. Check inside your shoes before putting them on. Cut nails straight across and file the edges. Wear well-fitting, enclosed footwear with socks.
If you find something you are not sure about, photograph it and contact us. That is a completely reasonable use of an appointment.
Our clinic is in Roxburgh Park, and much of our diabetes foot work is delivered across Craigieburn, Greenvale, Broadmeadows, Meadow Heights, Mickleham, Kalkallo, Epping, Glenroy, Coburg and the surrounding corridor.
High-risk foot care depends on regular intervals being kept, every six to twelve weeks for many clients, and more often where an ulcer is being managed. Short travel across Melbourne's north is what makes that schedule reliable, and reliability is the whole point of this service. For clients who cannot travel at all, the same care is delivered at home.
Our podiatrists provide home visits across all Melbourne suburbs, with our clinic based in Roxburgh Park in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Simple Process
Make a referral
Individuals, families and carers, GPs and practice nurses, diabetes educators and endocrinologists, hospital discharge planners, aged care providers, support coordinators and plan managers can all refer.
We call you for an initial discussion
Our team asks how long you have had diabetes, whether you have neuropathy or circulation problems, whether you have had a foot ulcer before, what your current foot care arrangements are, and your GP's details. We confirm funding and set the urgency of the first appointment.
Comprehensive foot assessment
Neurological and vascular testing, skin, nail and structural assessment, footwear review, and a documented risk category.
Your review interval
We set how often your feet need to be seen based on your risk category, not a standard schedule for everyone.
Ongoing care and prevention
Regular nail and skin care, callus management, offloading, footwear guidance, and daily checking education for you and your family.
Reporting and escalation
Findings are reported to your GP, diabetes educator or endocrinologist, with prompt escalation to a high-risk foot service where an ulcer or infection requires it.
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Contact inOne Healthcare on 1300 765 456, email info@inonehealthcare.com.au, or submit a referral online.
Monday to Saturday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Closed Sunday.
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Make A Referral 1300 765 456 info@inonehealthcare.com.auThis page provides general information only and is not a substitute for individual clinical advice. If you have diabetes and notice any new wound, or a hot, red or swollen foot, seek assessment the same day.