Treatment at Beard & Webster is by a Registered Chiropodist. Members of the College of Chiropodists of Ontario are your regulated foot medical specialists in this province. They are the only practitioners in Ontario trained and regulated exclusively to provide advanced foot care and orthotics.
Chiropodists' wide scope of practice makes them uniquely qualified to assess and treat foot problems. Thanks to years of intensive training, they are licensed to perform "regulated" or "controlled" acts ranging from advanced general foot care techniques to soft tissue surgery, biomechanical assessments (the science of body movements), gait analysis, and the prescription and provision of custom orthotics.
Members of the College of Chiropodists of Ontario include Chiropodists and Podiatrists. Practitioners using either title have the same regulated scope of practice in Ontario. However, the term "Podiatrist" is more commonly known around the world today. In fact, Ontario is the last jurisdiction anywhere to use the word "Chiropodist" to indicate a foot specialist.
A few practitioners in Ontario are classified as "Podiatrists". This is because they were educated outside the province and opened their practices before the Chiropody Act came into existence in Ontario. Graduates of the Chiropody program and Podiatrists new to the province from other areas must call themselves Chiropodists.
Would you like to learn more about our profession from the provincial regulatory body which governs Chiropodists? Click below to visit their Web site.
College of Chiropodists of Ontario
Professional Associations
Canadian
Federation
of Podiatric Medicine
Ontario Society of
Chiropodists
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