Welcome to Teign Valley Podiatry & Acupuncture
- dependable, professional healthcare

My name is Paula May.  I am a fully qualified podiatrist and acupuncturist with many years experience in the UK and abroad.  I am based at Copplestone Farm in the beautiful Teign Valley.

What services do I offer?

Here is a list of the services I can provide from my surgery at Copplestone Farm.  I am happy to make home appointments, but I have to charge a little more for the time and fuel it takes to get to you.

• General footcare (a foot 'MOT'), foot health and diabetic checks

• Removal of hard skin, corns, calluses and cracked heels

• Removal of ingrowing, painful or mis-shapen toenails

• Treatment of fungal nails, athletes foot and troublesome verrucae

• Biomechanics analysis and gait analysis

• Prescription and fitting of custom-made insoles and orthotics

• Acupuncture for pain relief and other conditions

• Reflexology

• Solestry

Chiropody?  Podiatry?
What's the difference?

There is sometimes confusion between the terms chiropodist and podiatrist.  Simply, chiropody is an increasingly old-fashioned term for the practice of modern podiatry. A podiatrist can covers all aspects of chiropody (treating corns, calluses, verrucae, etc.) as well as diagnosing and treating other disorders of the foot, ankle and leg.

Are podiatrists registered?

By law, anyone advertising as a chiropodist or podiatrist must be registered with the Health Professions Council, the regulatory body set up to protect the public.

My registration number is CH26381.

You can check whether your chiropodist/podiatrist is registered with the HPC at www.hpcheck.org.