1 Simple Exercise to help YOU with bunions
Worried about bunions or your big toe moving across into your other toes? Today I want to show you a very simple exercise that you can do to help if you’re worried about bunions or the movement of your big toe across your foot. If your mom, dad, grandma, or grandpa anybody like that’s got a bunion what we notice is that there’s a genetic predisposition for the big toe to basically move across your foot. One of the major drivers of that is really muscle weakness. and a lot of our intrinsic muscles (the muscles inside our feet) are actually …
3 Tips to Helping with Chilblains!!
Hi Everyone! Andre here senior podiatrist at Ac podiatry. What I want to talk to you about today is what is the cause of chilblains and how to avoid it. So chilblains are something that we generally see a lot more in winter because of the fact that then as a rule tied to circulation and we as we know where things get cold our feet our fingers circulation tends to drop off. What are chilblains Chilblains generally come up as itchy, purple, painful red-colored type lesions on the skin, toes, and fingers if left untreated they can become infected …
Andrea shows how to tape to offload a painful toenail
Sometimes an ingrown toe nail can be caused by your big toe sitting underneath your second toe and being squashed when in shoes. Sometimes it can be caused by the skin wrapping around the edge of the nail. Watch as Andrea provides a short video on how you can tape for both issues and provide some short term relief for ingrown toenail pain. …
Suffering with an Ingrown Toenail? Andrea shares how we can help!!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today I want to talk to you about Ingrown Toenails specifically and how we as podiatrists can help you deal with that. [/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=”lg:15″][vc_column_text] What is Ingrown Toenail? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]An Ingrown Toenail condition in which the corner or side of a toenail grows into the flesh.[/vc_column_text][tm_spacer size=”lg:15″][vc_column_text] What Causes an Ingrown Toenail? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Ingrown Toenails starts simply by people cutting their toenails incorrectly like picking or pulling their nails off. What happens is if you cut your nail a little bit too short or you leave an irregular edge what actually happens is as they now regrow and the skin wraps …
Andrea shares the story of 10 year old Eva and how ignoring foot pain can cause significant issues!
Is your child suffering with a painful foot? Think it might be growing pains? Watch as Andrea shares the story of 10 year old Eva and how not taking your kids complaint seriously could result in much bigger issues.. …
The 3 Mistakes to Avoid when dealing with Heel Pain in Kids!!
Guys, last week I shared a great video with you guys, well I thought it was a great video, about how to help your son or daughter with their painful heels, and in particular the three interventions or steps that you can take. Well now I’m going to share with you the 3 common mistakes we see with heel pain in kids, and how best to avoid it. Heel pain in kids it’s what we call a tractional issue. So where the Achilles attaches to the heel, what you get in kids, because their bone is nice and soft, is …
3 Tips to Fixing Heel Pain in Kids
At this time of year kids have started preseason for soccer and football and kids are still playing basketball, netball and tennis. As a result we are seeing a number of children presenting to the clinic with pain in the back of their heel that can result in limping or hobbling off the pitch or court. Today I want to share with you three basic tips you can use to help your kids get over their heel pain and keep them doing the activity they love. 1. Footwear The thing we’re looking for in footwear is specifically what we term, …
