Posts by Health First Southam
How To Cure Corns
When I entered the foot profession as a student 35 years ago now, I remember challenging one of my lecturers that we weren’t being taught how to cure foot problems, but instead to palliate them. Once I qualified in 1990 with a Diploma in Podiatric Medicine, it was clear to me that this palliation approach…
Read MoreHow to Cure Cracked Heels
As summer continues, the sandals keep coming out and so do the dry cracked heels. This is one of the commonest and most easily diagnosed of the wide range of foot conditions. You have no doubt realised that they occur because of weathering, where the sun and wind dries out the skin exposed in open-backed…
Read MoreHow To Cure Ingrown Or Ingrowing Toenails
Next in our series about how to cure foot problems is the all too common ingrowing toenail. This is an often misused term by patients and health care professionals alike, including other foot colleagues. Just because you have pain around your toenail does not mean that it is ingrown. There are lots of nail pathologies…
Read MoreHow To Cure Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Pain)
Following on from my previous introduction article called “How to cure a foot problem”, I am now going to look at a specific foot condition that can be particularly challenging. That is heel pain, which is most commonly known as plantar fasciitis, although this is often an incorrect diagnosis for the cause of the problem.…
Read MoreHow To Cure A Foot Problem
Delivery of safe & effective healthcare relies on clinical care pathways. By following these, then healthcare providers can ensure consistency of results for patients. At my clinic, we have developed such pathways to enable us to resolve even the most difficult or troublesome of foot-related problems. As an example, traditionally corns have been deemed as…
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