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About Us

Foot & Ankle Experts Health Clinic is founded by Dr YeJeong Kim (Doctor of Podiatric Medicine). One of our core values is to treat the disease, not the symptoms. Our priority is to fix your pain for good.

We are conveniently located at Riverside Hamilton and open Monday to Friday, and open late on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

We pride ourselves on providing high quality care and our multi discipline approach to finding the right solution for your pain.

We offer the following services; Podiatric Medicine, Myotherapy, Remedial Massage and Acupuncture.

All our practitioners work full time at the one clinic. This allows the patient more flexibility of visiting times and consistent treatment.

We also offer some of the most cutting edge technologies available. These include a combination of electronic therapies and injections. If you would like to learn more about these services, please read more on our website, or call us directly.

Learn more about our practitioners:

Dr. Yejeong Kim

(Doctor of Podiatric Medicine)

       

The principal podiatrist of the Foot and Ankle Experts Podiatry is Dr. Yejeong Kim (DPM) who is the first Australian Podiatrist to publish a paper on Foot and Ankle International (An International journal of American Orthopaedic Surgeons) in 2015 as a first author. Dr Kim is capable of bridging Foot and Ankle experts from different fields and countries to optimize her patient care and diagnosis. She has completed externships at Eulji tertiary hospital Orthopaedic department in South Korea (2014). She also received an extensive training from American DPM (Prof. Reza Naraghi, UWA) and Australia Podiatric Surgeon (Prof. Alan Bryant).

She studied Bachelor of Science (Neuroscience) from the University of Sydney in 2010. She completed her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from University of Western Australia in 2015.

In addition, she has assisted several foot surgeries in South Korea as well as in Australia under the supervision of Orthopaedic Surgeons as well as Podiatric Surgeons. Her key interests are ingrown toenail surgeries, geriatric patient care and hallux abducto valgus (aka. bunion) surgeries.

Furthermore, she has attended and completed Arthrex workshop (2015) in South Korea as a DPM student representing Australia region. She was also one of the ten nominated presenters at the Western Australian Medical Student Society Research Symposium in 2015.

Conditions successfully treated

  • Plantar fasciitis, heel pain, heel spur
  • Metatarsalgia, neuromas, bursitis
  • Osteoarthritis of the foot, ankle and knee
  • Tendonitis – Achilles, Posterior Tibial, Peroneal, etc
  • Knee pain & lower limb related hip and back pain
  • Shin splints & chronic leg muscular pain
  • Nerve pain & inflammation
  • Ingrowing toenails

Lewis Tierney

Podiatrist

Lewis Tierney is a Podiatrist at The Foot and Ankle Experts. His goal is to provide outstanding treatment, rehabilitation and education to the community. He completed his Bachelors degree in Podiatry at the Queensland University of Technology.

 

If you don’t find Lewis in the clinic treating patients, you will find him in the gym. He lives by the philosophy of ‘best version of yourself’. Believing that keeping active and living healthy can have an exponential benefit in one’s happiness both physically and mentally.

 

Special interests

  • Ingrown Toenail Surgeries
  • Post-surgical care
  • Biomechanical assessments
  • Exercise guided rehabilitation for lower limb pains.

Ben Chong

Advanced Myotherapist & Remedial Massage Therapist

Ben holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Myotherapy) from Endeavour College of Natural Health and has practiced as a remedial massage therapist for five years. His career in sports therapy includes traveling with the Football Australia Under 17 Men’s National Team to the Asia Cup 2023 tournament in Thailand, and working with the Brisbane Lions AFL and AFLW teams, as well as top-tier soccer clubs in the National Premium League.

Ben’s extensive experience in sports environments has equipped him to manage a spectrum of injuries, from acute to chronic stages, and to support athletes in their return from long-term injuries. He specializes in integrating myotherapy techniques, such as myofascial cupping, electrotherapeutic dry needling, scrapping, joint mobilization, and myofascial release, to treat a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions. Ben emphasizes the importance of self-management exercises and fosters an active partnership with his clients, valuing continuous education and open communication in his therapeutic approach.

Additionally, Ben brings six years of personal training experience and a background in sport and exercise science, which enables him to create tailored exercise programs, rehabilitation plans, and injury prevention strategies. He is committed to guiding and supporting his clients in their health and fitness journeys, with a particular focus on understanding human movement and sports mechanics.

 

Speciality areas in treatment

  • Chronic headache and jaw pain
  • Acute neck discomfort
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Chronic lower back pain
  • Sporting- related injuries

Business awards

List below are service awards we have received.