A Community Member’s Experience: Why I believe it’s essential young people take care of their feet
February 28, 2018,
Post by feetpamperAs a young and healthy individual, I am guilty of taking for granted my feet and the incredible work that they do for me every day. Before this year, keeping an eye on my foot health never even crossed my mind. I never moisturised them, I never filed them, and I’ve only ever visited a …Read More

Alison’s Story: My Foot Health
February 26, 2018,
Post by woodsideYou can read more about my foot health and how I cared for my cracked heels over on this blog post here    Read More

How I Cared for My Cracked Infected Heel
February 19, 2018,
Post by woodsideI spend a lot of time on my feet. I’m a carer for my mother and I also conduct choirs. Then there’s the day to day business of running a house. I had a problem with a cracked heel which had become open and infected and very sore. My foot problems were all down to …Read More

How I Care for My Feet – A Community Member’s Experience
February 15, 2018,
Post by Dr AndersI’m not a fan of feet! I’ve always found them a bit ‘Ugh!’. It’s probably why I didn’t look after mine as much as I should. I had a cracked heel and a fungal nail infection on my left foot. The doctors didn’t know what to do with it. They suggested tablets but I didn’t …Read More

Was Adam Lallana’s Toe Discolouration Caused by Raynaud’s? A Podiatrist’s Opinion
February 13, 2018,
Post by Dr AndersFOOTBALLER Adam Lallana this week took to Instagram with a shocking picture of his toes, which had turned yellow after a match against Southampton in freezing conditions. The Liverpool midfielder asked “Any suggestions for defrosting feet?”, accompanied by a graphic image in which the colouration of his toes was totally out of sync with the …Read More

The Importance of Looking After Your Feet When Living with Diabetes – A Community Member’s Experience
February 13, 2018,
Post by Tickers“I don’t like feet at the best of times! But I’m diabetic type 1 and so I have to spend a lot of time making sure my feet don’t get too dry. As a diabetic, you lose the ability to sweat through your feet. For me, that means I get very dry heels and a …Read More

How Having Diabetes Affects My Feet
February 8, 2018,
Post by Andy LavenderI am a diabetic and have neuropathy – all the nerve endings in my feet are dead. Technically, you could take my nails off with no anaesthetic without me feeling a thing. Recently I had an odd feeling on the base of my foot, like there was a stone in my shoe. I inspected my …Read More

Let’s Change the Way We Think About Feet – Join Our Community Today!
February 2, 2018,
Post by Dr AndersThe Feel Your Feet Community WHAT is a community? How do we define it, and what it brings to us? Feel Your Feet stands as an exemplar of what a community should be, and what it can achieve. A supportive online forum where members can openly discuss the impact foot problems have had on their …Read More

Why I believe the role of podiatrists is so vital
January 31, 2018,
Post by Dr AndersThe College of Podiatry recently released a landmark report – Podiatry: Driving Value, Improving Outcomes. In simple, but devastatingly honest terms, it revealed the vital role of podiatry in keeping our population active, quite literally saving life and limb, and how, if podiatry is not properly embedded into frontline services, we risk a care catastrophe. …Read More