Foot health insights
Foot Ankle Lower Limb Blog
Stay informed about foot health, treatment options, and prevention strategies with insights from our expert podiatrists.
Fungal nail infections
Fungal nail infections are common, slow to clear and often come back. Tablets work best, nail lacquers help milder cases, and good foot hygiene lowers the chance of reinfection.
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Stretching for tendinitis
Stretching isn't the main treatment for tendon pain. Gradually strengthening the tendon works best, and some stretches can make pain near the heel worse.
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What to do if you've suffered a sporting injury
Protect the injury for the first few days, then start moving it gently and build up with exercise. See a doctor urgently if you can't bear weight or the limb looks misshapen.
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Chilblains
Chilblains are itchy, painful red or purple patches on the toes and fingers after cold exposure. Keeping warm and rewarming slowly helps, and most clear up in 1–3 weeks.
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Ankle sprains
Most ankle sprains heal in 4–6 weeks, but many come back. Early movement and a balance and strengthening program are the best way to recover and to stop it happening again.
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Growing pains in children
Growing pains are aching legs at night in otherwise healthy children. They're common and harmless, and massage, warmth and gentle stretches usually help.
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Heel and arch pain
Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain, but it isn't the only one. Getting the cause right matters, because nerve, bone and tendon problems need different treatment.
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Ingrown toenails
An ingrown toenail digs into the skin beside the nail, causing pain, redness and sometimes infection. A podiatrist can remove the offending edge, and a minor procedure can stop it coming back.
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In-toed gait
In-toeing, or walking with the feet turned in, is common in young children and usually gets better on its own as they grow. Most children don't need any treatment.
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Achilles tendon injuries
Most Achilles pain is tendinopathy, an overload injury rather than inflammation. A gradual calf-strengthening program is the treatment that works best.
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Trauma case: toe problems after a serious leg injury
A serious leg or foot injury can damage the tendons that control the toes, leaving them clawed or bent. When padding and footwear don't help, surgery can straighten them.
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Corns and calluses
Corns and calluses are thick, hard skin caused by pressure or rubbing. A podiatrist can remove them painlessly, but they come back unless the pressure behind them is reduced.
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