More than one-quarter of your body’s 206 bones are in your feet: 26 in each foot! That’s in addition to each foot’s 33 joints, which work with a complex array of muscles and tendons every time you take a step.

Please note the Foot Care Centre has moved to 77 Grenville St. For directions, please click here.

Your feet don’t just take you from place to place. In addition to making you mobile, your feet help you balance, support your body, and act as your body’s shock absorbers. Factors ranging from posture to high heels to diabetes can have a big impact on the health of your feet.

The Foot Care Centre is a specialty orthotics and foot assessment clinic. Our staff of foot care specialists includes pedorthists, occupational therapists and chiropodists.  We are dedicated to providing excellent service, quality products and expertise in the treatment of biomechanical foot problems. The centre has been operating at Women's College Hospital since 1985.

The following clinical services are available by appointment:

• biomechanical foot assessment and gait analysis
• custom-made orthotics
• education and advice on biomechanical foot problems such as painful flat feet, bunions, plantar fasciitis and othertypes of heel pain
• custom-made compression stockings (for patients who cannot obtain a proper fit with off-the-shelf compression stockings)

Our receptionist provides retail sales and fitting of the following items without an appointment:

• foot-care products (such as creams, toe spacers, heel cushions)
• compression stockings (non-custom)
• specialty socks (diabetic, non-restrictive)
• orthopedic shoes
• off-the-shelf insoles

The retail section of the Foot Care Centre is open to the public.

Information on the cost of our services
OHIP does not cover any of our services however there is no assessment fee for Ontario residents. Clinic staff will inform the patient of the cost of treatment or orthotic devices. In some cases extended health insurance or third party payers will cover the cost of orthotics.  Patients should check with their insurance company regarding coverage and requirements for reimbursement of custom-made orthotics. 

Referral/Clinical appointments
A physician’s referral or prescription for orthotics is preferred at the time of booking an appointment.  Extended health insurance plans and third party payers require a prescription before proceeding with custom-made orthotics.

Click here for a copy of our referral form.

Health Professional Education
The Foot Care Centre is a practicum site for clinical placement for various health-care disciplines through our affiliation with the University of Toronto.

Patient Education
We publish a patient-education newsletter, called FootNotes, twice a year. Click here to view our latest newsletter.