Many patients have more options than they realise. We offer treatments from simple injections to advanced cartilage care.
Reviewed byProfessor Paul Lee MBBch, FRCS (Tr & Orth), PhDCartilage and joint preservation expertiseEverything we do is aimed at relieving your foot pain and restoring your movement. How we get there depends on your situation. Our clinical approach covers four areas of treatment. Many of our treatments work across more than one area depending on your condition and how they are applied. Your consultation determines exactly which combination is right for you.
Everything below has the same primary goal: relieving your foot pain and restoring your movement. The four approaches describe how we get there.
Protect your foot joints and manage arthritis or chronic pain. Injections and treatments that reduce inflammation and maintain mobility.
Fix structural damage. Ligament injuries, cartilage defects, or joint instability. Surgical procedures that restore foot function.
Rebuild damaged foot cartilage using advanced biological treatments. Restore tissue lost to injury or degeneration.
When other options are exhausted. Joint fusion or replacement restores function, but only after we have explored every alternative.
Preserve your joint, your movement, and your quality of life. From immediate symptom management to treatments that slow degeneration and protect cartilage.
A collagen matrix that fills cartilage defects and supports the body in rebuilding. If you have a focal area of cartilage damage, this is a non-surgical regenerative option.
Restores the natural lubrication your joint has lost. If your cartilage is wearing and movement feels stiff or grindy, HA reduces friction and eases daily pain.
Your own fat tissue processed and injected for tissue regeneration.
Harvests healthy cartilage cells from your own body and reimplants them at the damage site. Targets specific defects where the body needs a biological scaffold to rebuild.
Rapid relief for acute pain and inflammation. Often used as a first step to manage a flare-up, reduce swelling, and create a window for rehabilitation or further assessment.
Uses your own blood platelets to accelerate healing. Suited to patients with sports injuries, tendon damage, or early joint wear who want to support the body's natural repair.
A next-generation blood concentrate that releases growth factors slowly over time. Suited to patients who want longer-lasting biological support for healing tendons, cartilage, and soft tissue.
Ready to explore preservation options?
Take Our AssessmentPreserve your joint, your movement, and your quality of life. From immediate symptom management to treatments that slow degeneration and protect cartilage.
A collagen matrix that fills cartilage defects and supports the body in rebuilding. If you have a focal area of cartilage damage, this is a non-surgical regenerative option.
Restores the natural lubrication your joint has lost. If your cartilage is wearing and movement feels stiff or grindy, HA reduces friction and eases daily pain.
Your own fat tissue processed and injected for tissue regeneration.
Harvests healthy cartilage cells from your own body and reimplants them at the damage site. Targets specific defects where the body needs a biological scaffold to rebuild.
Rapid relief for acute pain and inflammation. Often used as a first step to manage a flare-up, reduce swelling, and create a window for rehabilitation or further assessment.
Uses your own blood platelets to accelerate healing. Suited to patients with sports injuries, tendon damage, or early joint wear who want to support the body's natural repair.
A next-generation blood concentrate that releases growth factors slowly over time. Suited to patients who want longer-lasting biological support for healing tendons, cartilage, and soft tissue.
Ready to explore preservation options?
Take Our AssessmentYou have a specific injury that can be fixed. These treatments restore what is broken. Time is critical for repair - the sooner you act, the more options you have.
A collagen matrix that fills cartilage defects and supports the body in rebuilding. If you have a focal area of cartilage damage, this is a non-surgical regenerative option.
A tendon-specific Seed, Soil, Signal pathway with image-guided biological delivery and progressive loading for selected tendon damage.
Uses your own blood platelets to accelerate healing. Suited to patients with sports injuries, tendon damage, or early joint wear who want to support the body's natural repair.
Harvests healthy cartilage cells from your own body and reimplants them at the damage site. Targets specific defects where the body needs a biological scaffold to rebuild.
An advanced scaffold implanted into a damaged joint to regenerate cartilage over larger areas of damage. For patients with significant cartilage loss who are too young or active for replacement and want to rebuild rather than remove.
Bone marrow lesion treatment to address subchondral bone pain and bone bruising in advanced arthritis.
Concentrates stem cells from your own bone marrow and delivers them to the damaged area. Suited to patients with cartilage or tendon damage who want to support regeneration biologically.
Toe osteoplasty with cartilage augmentation. A joint-preserving surgical technique for toe arthritis management.
Surgical cartilage repair techniques to restore joint surface integrity.
A non-surgical Seed, Soil, Signal pathway for selected partial or healing ligament injuries where useful continuity and joint stability remain.
Had a sports injury?
Book a Consultation with Prof. LeeYour cartilage is damaged but the joint can still be saved. These treatments stimulate your body to rebuild.
A collagen matrix that fills cartilage defects and supports the body in rebuilding. If you have a focal area of cartilage damage, this is a non-surgical regenerative option.
A tendon-specific Seed, Soil, Signal pathway with image-guided biological delivery and progressive loading for selected tendon damage.
Your own fat tissue processed and injected for tissue regeneration.
An advanced scaffold implanted into a damaged joint to regenerate cartilage over larger areas of damage. For patients with significant cartilage loss who are too young or active for replacement and want to rebuild rather than remove.
Harvests healthy cartilage cells from your own body and reimplants them at the damage site. Targets specific defects where the body needs a biological scaffold to rebuild.
Concentrates stem cells from your own bone marrow and delivers them to the damaged area. Suited to patients with cartilage or tendon damage who want to support regeneration biologically.
A next-generation blood concentrate that releases growth factors slowly over time. Suited to patients who want longer-lasting biological support for healing tendons, cartilage, and soft tissue.
Uses your own blood platelets to accelerate healing. Suited to patients with sports injuries, tendon damage, or early joint wear who want to support the body's natural repair.
Surgical cartilage repair techniques to restore joint surface integrity.
Toe osteoplasty with cartilage augmentation. A joint-preserving surgical technique for toe arthritis management.
A non-surgical Seed, Soil, Signal pathway for selected partial or healing ligament injuries where useful continuity and joint stability remain.
Restores the natural lubrication your joint has lost. If your cartilage is wearing and movement feels stiff or grindy, HA reduces friction and eases daily pain.
Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. A two-stage cartilage regeneration procedure using your own cells. London Cartilage Clinic now offers STACi, the single-stage next generation of ACi, available in any joint.
Matrix-Assisted Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. A scaffold-based two-stage cartilage procedure using your own cells. London Cartilage Clinic now offers STACi, the single-stage evolution of MACi, available in any joint.
Considering regeneration?
Book a Discovery Call to Discuss OptionsWhen cartilage damage is too extensive for repair or regeneration, replacement restores function.
There may be options worth exploring first.
Need surgical expertise?
Book a Consultation with Prof. LeeAnswer a few questions to get a personalised starting point for your foot treatment.
Symptoms, imaging and goals reviewed in one structured appointment. We gather the full picture before recommending anything.
A clear route chosen from preservation, repair, regeneration or replacement options, matched to your diagnosis and goals.
Modern techniques and specialist equipment matched to your diagnosis. From ultrasound-guided injections to advanced surgical procedures.
Follow-up guidance focused on durable function and quality of life. We monitor your progress and adapt the plan as needed.
Understanding your condition is the first step. These pages explain what is happening in your joint and how it connects to treatment.
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