Contact dermatitis and plants

Contact dermatitis and plants

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...
A Dying Healthcare System

A Dying Healthcare System

So why has the NHS – a public service, fallen from grace? The UK GP has earned ‘their’ degree. If you are like me, now retired, I need their services as much as anyone else. However, I am grateful that my background is in medicine, my background being a...
Arthritis and the big toe

Arthritis and the big toe

Understanding what happens to the toe  Let’s talk about the reason big toe joints hurt to understand what is happening and why you might need help. Of course, we can always make the discussion complex, but that is not the intention. We just need to understand the...
Morton’s Nerve Pain

Morton’s Nerve Pain

That Painful Foot Nerve Medicine is curious. Most findings are accidental, names are confused, and it takes decades to refine the truth behind the first observations. In this hopefully easy-to-read article, I have offered some background research for my lectures and...
Tennis player loses her toenails

Tennis player loses her toenails

Should we worry about toenails? She may earn a lot of money and be our new British hopeful, but Emma Raducanu is but human. “It’s not just my foot, my shoes; they’ve been sliding around a lot.” Thanks to Emma I have written an article that offers some self-help advice...
Nail care is essential in sports

Nail care is essential in sports

Observing Good Footcare Having a go yourself sounds like a good idea, so there are two approaches to help you: what you can do to prevent the problem from arising and what to do if it happens to you. Let’s start with managing the nail if a problem arises....