For clinicians
Referring to Foot Ankle Lower Limb
A surgical podiatrist and a musculoskeletal team under one roof in Booragoon, so a patient can move from conservative care to an injection or surgery without leaving the practice. Here is what we would like to see, how to send it, and what you get back.
- Surgical podiatrist
- On site
- Podiatrists
- 8
- In Booragoon
- Since 1981
What to refer
What we would like to see
Surgical opinion
- Hallux valgus or hallux rigidus with pain despite footwear and orthoses
- Lesser toe deformity with ulceration risk or transfer lesions
- Morton's neuroma unresponsive to offloading and injection
- Chronic ankle instability, Achilles or posterior tibial tendon pathology failing rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal and sports
Almost any musculoskeletal or sports problem of the foot, ankle or lower leg. For example:
- Heel and arch pain, including plantar heel pain
- Achilles and other tendon problems
- Ankle sprains and ankle instability
- Shin pain and suspected stress fractures
- Forefoot pain: metatarsalgia, plantar plate injury, Morton's neuroma
- Running injuries, and injuries that keep coming back
- Children's sports injuries, such as heel pain
Skin and nail
- Recurrent or infected ingrown toenail for partial nail avulsion or other surgical procedures
- Plantar warts that have failed twelve weeks of topical treatment
- High-risk feet needing regular podiatric care under a care plan
How to refer
Send a letter, and hear back
No referral is needed for patients to see us, but a letter tells us your question.
Step 1: Send the letter
Email it to hello@footanklelowerlimb.com.au and we contact the patient to book. Or send it by HealthLink (our EDI is fallfall) or fax (08 6316 1495), or give it to the patient to book online or by phone.
Step 2: We see the patient
With the practitioner who suits the problem. If they're referred on within the practice, you're told, so the record of who is involved stays accurate.
Step 3: You hear back
A letter after the first consultation, usually within one to five business days, with the diagnosis, the plan, and whether your input is needed. Another follows when there's more to tell you, such as a change of plan or surgery. You can phone the treating practitioner about a shared patient.
Medicare
Rebates apply to podiatry under a GP chronic condition management plan, with a referral letter. Plans made before 1 July 2025 (GPMP and TCA) still count until 30 June 2027. For surgery we give a written estimate and informed financial consent before booking. Surgical podiatry is usually billed privately, with no Medicare rebate.
Urgent cases
Suspected Achilles rupture, infection in a high-risk foot or an acutely painful ingrown toenail are best phoned through on (08) 9316 3010.
Helpful to include
How long it has been going on, treatments tried, relevant imaging, comorbidities and medications, and the question you want answered.
Who you're referring to
A surgical podiatrist and a musculoskeletal team
Our 8 podiatrists see musculoskeletal and sports injuries, skin and nail problems and high-risk feet. Where surgery is worth considering, the patient can see our surgical podiatrist in the same practice.
Meet the whole team
Clinical reference
Our website is written for patients. For assessment, imaging, treatment pathways and referral criteria for the conditions we treat, with references, see Clindice, a clinical reference for health professionals.
Get in touch
Contact us
- Phone
- (08) 9316 3010
- Referrals by email
- hello@footanklelowerlimb.com.au
- Address
- 87 Coomoora Rd
Booragoon WA 6154 - Hours
- Mon & Thu: 8:00am – 6:00pmTue, Wed & Fri: 8:00am – 5:00pmSaturday: 8:00am – 12:00pmSun & public holidays: Closed
GP and physiotherapy evenings
Case-based sessions on surgical versus conservative pathways for common foot and ankle problems. Choose “GP and physio evenings” in the form and we will let you know the next date.
Send us an enquiry
Questions about referring, a patient we share, or the GP and physio evenings.