When a patient's foot anatomy or injury history doesn't fit a standard insole prescription, the most useful answer is usually not a more expensive off-the-shelf device. It's a more careful assessment and a device that's adapted in clinic to suit the specific foot....
by Bob Longworth MSc DPodM It's not every day that a patient says: "I'm off to walk across the Antarctic and I need insoles to stop my feet from blistering." She then threw in "I'm off in 2 weeks and won't be able to try them out until I'm there." Steph is part of...
A patient came to see us recently with new pain on the inside of her ankle. She had been wearing a pair of £450 insoles prescribed elsewhere, and her tibialis posterior tendon — which had been asymptomatic before — had become painful and showed signs of damage on...
Most patients with persistent foot, ankle or lower-limb pain have already tried the obvious things — rest, exercises, insoles, sometimes injections. When those don't fully resolve symptoms, it's often the fascial system that hasn't been addressed. We've added the...
Corns are one of the most common reasons people book a podiatry appointment, and one of the easiest things for us to deal with. They're also one of the most likely problems to come back if the underlying cause isn't addressed. What's the difference between a...
We've had a peer-reviewed case study published in the podiatric literature, co-authored with Andy Horwood. Andy is the podiatrist who built the Leeds practice we took over when he moved to Scotland in 2016. His clinical thinking has influenced much of our approach....
Most recreational runners don't run because they want to be measured. They run because they enjoy it, want to stay fit, or have a target event in mind. But when something starts hurting — or when progress stalls — having objective data on how you actually...
An ingrowing toenail can be one of the most painful day-to-day problems we see in clinic. The good news is that most cases can be settled either with a single chiropody appointment or — for recurring cases — with a small surgical procedure designed to give...
Festival season puts a lot of demand on your feet. Long days standing, walking on uneven ground, dancing in the wet, sleeping rough, and footwear that's often not what you'd choose for daily wear — it's a recipe for blisters, infections and the kind of foot problems...