In reply to Rob Exile Ward:
As a physio, I regularly see patients who've been referred by their GP for a 'frozen shoulder'. Nine times out of ten, it isn't that, and an in depth postural approach is required to get it working better.
Less frequently, they refer individuals because of poor balance/falls.
Some of them have been told by their GP that they have arthritic feet, but that this observation is purely incidental and they need physio exercises.
Some of these that I send on to the Podiatrist for supportive/corrective insoles do remarkably well. I'd advise you give them a try too.
I think that many GPs don't utilise podiatrists as well as they could for the benefit of their patients. As gatekeepers to access other NHS services, I guess they don't realise how to use 'all the tools in their GP box'
The old adage about 'if the only tool you've got is a hammer, then everything starts to look like a nail' springs to mind.
GP's tend to focus on the big stuff that they see as important.