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Do Orthotics Fix Heel Pain?

Do Orthotics Fix Heel Pain?

So you’ve been prescribed orthotics, but your heel pain is still there? There’s good reason for this. In this video podiatrist Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) reveals why orthotics won’t fix your heel pain…

I Just Want to be Fit For Summer

I Just Want to be Fit For Summer

I Just Want to be Fit For Summer The warm weather had started last September, we had a series of warm spring days and this is when Sarah appeared in my office. “I just want to get fit for summer” I am so sick of not getting there and I...

How Fiona Beat Heel Pain

How Fiona Beat Heel Pain

How Fiona Beat Heel Pain Meet Fiona Fiona is a 43-year-old lady with two teenage daughters and a busy household. In the past six months she has returned to exercise by joining a gym, which she is …. or was really enjoying. Lately she has...

4 hacks for Achilles heel pain

4 hacks for Achilles heel pain

Achilles tendinopathy is both painful and common but that doesn’t mean you should suffer in silence. Sports podiatrist Dr Brenden Brown talks us through the treatment modalities to avoid and those that work best.

Nailing fungus with laser technology

Nailing fungus with laser technology

Fed up of your long battle with toenail fungus, only to see it return (if it ever left!)? You might think of laser treatment as your last resort, but we see it as a fungus-fighting breakthrough.

4 hacks for a successful warm up

4 hacks for a successful warm up

For some people a light jog, even (dare I say it) a run counts as an appropriate warm up. Not so! Sports podiatrist Dr Brenden Brown shares his 4 tips for warm-up success.

Growing pains and what you can do about them

Growing pains and what you can do about them

Does your child wake in the night complaining of aching, throbbing legs or feet? You may have been told there’s no treatment for growing pains but that doesn’t mean you have to sit back and do nothing.

Morten’s neuroma Vs plantar plate

Morten’s neuroma Vs plantar plate

Foot pain is common amongst adults and can be associated with several causes, many of which can be difficult for healthcare practitioners to differentiate between. Take a Morten’s neuroma and plantar plate tear, for example…