Podiatrists Making History with Alan Bothwick Alan is well known to most podiatrists and was deservedly nominated and awarded with an OBE in 2016 for his contribution to health and health research. One of the voracious publishers and academics, he holds an emeritus...
We need to help patients understand more Part of Tom’s concerns have been that he has had a number of surgeries without any fuss. So, when armed with all the information why did his private hospital want to repeat tests when they had been done before? In fact...
Time to challenge our understanding of pronation At ConsultingFootPain my colleagues and I try to take the mystique out of foot health science and recognise it is easy to confuse patients. For example, pronation is a word related to anatomical movement. YouTube videos...
Mueller-Weiss syndrome Here we are, another tennis player who has been suffering for a long time with foot pain. Rafael Nadal – one of the world’s most successful players. But, aged 36 – sometimes considered the peak age of most men, the Spanish athlete known as ‘King...
Can we joke about corns, hard skin and all that? For some, they can tell the weather forecast and this appears to be the case when nerves serve as a barometer for the shift in air pressure. In actual fact this concept is more prevalent around amputation of toes; the...
GRASPING THE NETTLE Part of my walking series An article about contact dermatitis and plants might seem oblique on a foothealth platform. However, walking and pottering around the garden should remain a pleasure and better with sunny weather without the risk of a skin...
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