Treating Corns on Feet

Treating Corns on Feet

Can we treat our own corns? Part 1 Have you ever used a corn plaster or similar to treat a corn on your foot? For many, a corn is seen as an inconvenience that can be pared down at home or treated with a corn plaster, available from a pharmacist. This article goes...
Where does patient blockage lie?

Where does patient blockage lie?

The Business of Patient Priorities Private practice and bookings When Facebook blogging podiatrists write they cannot fit patients in, we decided to look at some patient management and flow conundrums. Debbie Delves and David Tollafield discuss funding, retention, NHS...
Should you befriend patients?

Should you befriend patients?

How should you behave with patients? My eye caught an article 29/9, which allowed my thoughts to drift into that old question. Gifts, jokes, religion, politics and sex. Ethically, professionally, and as a fundamental right to do what we feel is correct are important...
Obstinate Corns over Tendons

Obstinate Corns over Tendons

An unusual location for a corn Extensor hallucis longus  and the dorsal intractable keratoma This case history applies to all podiatrists, including foot surgeons. It concerns a 73-year-old female who presented with a lesion over her left great toe’s extensor...
Rehabilitation Injury and Podiatry

Rehabilitation Injury and Podiatry

Reflecting on a different approach to the MSK patient As with many podiatrists, Nick Knight’s (feature image) initial career journey was not planned. Failing to become a physiotherapist, he turned to a local podiatrist to find out what podiatry’s role was. He...