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Diabetes can knock you off your feet…

Diabetes can knock you off your feet…

If you've had diabetes for a long time or your blood glucose levels have been too high for an extended period of time, your feet may be at risk of serious complications! Uncontrolled diabetes can damage the nerves in your feet and legs, reduce blood flow to your feet...

The unpleasant chilblains

The unpleasant chilblains

Have you ever experienced red, swollen, and painful toes in winter? You may have chilblains. What are they? Damage to tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in the skin, because of exposure to the cold and damp. Damage to the capillaries can result in redness, itchiness,...

Top 10 tips for choosing your footwear

Top 10 tips for choosing your footwear

Shoes help protect and support the feet - they should never be something that cause you pain and you should not need to “break in” a pair of shoes – they should be immediately comfortable. When your comfy old shoes hit the point of no return, it can be hard to...

The dreaded ingrown toenail…

The dreaded ingrown toenail…

Onychocryptosis, which is most commonly known as an ingrown toenail, is a condition that is commonly presented to podiatrists. An ingrown toenail can result from nail growing into the paronychium which is the flesh surrounding the nail, or from growth of the...