Basic podiatric treatment starts with a general examination of skins and nails in order to understand the causes of the problem; such as the use of a wrong footwear or a bad way of walking etc.  The Podiatrist is the health professional who takes care of feet problems, he uses prevention, care and rehabilitation combined with the medical procedure.  He can recognize abnormalities, premature or full-blown, that need a specialist medical supervision; this doctor could also use procedures as the baropodometric platform.