Dr. Nicole G. Freels, FACFAOM, C.Ped

Dr. Nicole Freels FACFAOM, C.Ped.

Voted "Top Women in Business" + "Top 50 under 50, Lexington"

Dr. Nicole Freels, FACFAOM, C.Ped. is a Kentucky native and University of Kentucky alumnus. The granddaughter of Dr. Arthur O. Kelly, a Podiatrist in Portsmouth, Ohio, Dr. Freels grew up on a horse farm in South Portsmouth, Kentucky.

Outside of being raised as a "farm girl" tending to the garden, gathering eggs from the hen house, mucking barns and grooming horses, she spent much of her time shadowing her grandfather and learning the building blocks of podiatry which she uses daily.

Dr. Freels is the founder and CEO of Lexington Podiatry. Over the past 14 years she has created a world-renowned multispecialty podiatry practice that focuses on treating all conditions of the foot and ankle. She has created a “one stop shop” for all things Podiatry... from extensive surgical correction, to palliative care in diabetics, to comprehensive biomechanical issues and trauma.

Her approach is encompassing the basics of Podiatry, and enhancing it with modern and advanced treatment alternatives, and minimally invasive procedures.

I recently treated a nurse for chronic heel pain. She became noticeably happier and more vibrant on her follow up visits because she was healing. Now she's going to pay it forward and be more effective at HER position healing others because she's not being held back by the pain anymore. I love that! Let's face it - when your feet hurt, everything suffers.

Conservative Care

Dr. Nicole Freels, FACFAOM, C.Ped is Board Certified and has been ranked the Top Podiatrist in Lexington for over a decade by Google, Three Best Rated MD, RateMds, Healthgrades and received the “Top Women in Business” award by the Lane Report. She has recently been named as an Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

She has been named the preferred Podiatrist for Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky. She has worked extensively on-site at their facility (including educating their medical team, floor surface evaluation, custom + semi-custom + over-the-counter insert team member evaluation and fitting, foot examinations, workers' compensation cases, etc).

Timberland Boots asked her to be the lead doctor to collaborate and design a shoe/boot exclusively for Toyota worldwide, which is their most widely accepted design to date.

She launched MODPOD "Modern Podiatrist", her re-branded custom-designed foot care line inspired by her late Grandfather, Doc Kelly. Her original brand “Doc Kelly's Apothecary" has now been locally sourced in her hometown, with her cousin Sara at the helm. It is a full foot care product line focusing on natural ingredients with a sprinkle of modern medicine.

Her brand has been incredibly popular amongst her patients looking for prescription strength options adding in natural ingredients. Her product line is in several Lexington, Midway, Richmond and Rockcastle boutiques. Under Dr. Freels' direction, The Marriot Spa at Griffin Gate offers a therapuetic pedicure (safe for diabetics and at risk patients) soley using her complete footcare line. There are several products in production, sign up for her newsletter for updates!

Her approach is to merge traditional podiatric medicine that she learned from her Grandfather with modern, advanced, cutting-edge procedures and technology.

In addition to advanced biomechanics, her concentration is the latest advancements in Regenerative Medicine. This includes Laser Therapy, PRP, Stem Cell Therapy, Bellafill, etc. All of these are considered and discussed before referring you for invasive surgery.

Because many lower extremity problems stem from underlying biomechanical issues, Dr. Freels specializes in treating these issues through detailed biomechanical and gait analysis (when indicated) during your visit in hopes to prevent surgery.

After your complete analysis and plan has been discussed, as a Certified Pedorthist, she is able to provide you with any custom orthotics or bracing that may be required in-office, in addition to answering all your shoe concerns.

During your consultation, you'll feel at ease as you both discuss your lifestyle, occupation, limitations, goals and all of your shoe gear needs. She works extensively with her patients to develop comprehensive treatment plans and options. Her focus is to exhaust all conservative treatments before considering surgical corrections.

By the time you leave, you'll feel hopeful as you will have a comprehensive treatment plan to get you back on our feet as soon as possible!

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