Podiatry & Orthotics Clinic London UK

The French Podology is a science defined as all acts aimed at treating biomechanical misalignments affecting your back, hips, knees and feet. Podologists are the practitioners who fix imbalances affecting the musculoskeletal system. Podologists lead technical assessment, establish treatment plan and realise custom orthotics made with high-ends materials. Orthotics are removable treatment providing more support, stability, cushioning and also a better alignment to protect and

Barefoot and minimalist footwears are questioned to contribute to metatarsal stress fractures. We will discuss the precautions to take when wearing those atypical footwears or when running barefoot. A guenine mainspring : Sports shoes used to reduce your tactile and proprioceptive sensitivities. The range of « anatomical » equipments (Such as right and left socks, Vibram Five Finger shoes…) leads to preserve these sensibilities. Frequently, you first talk about your feelin

To prevent foot pain but remain elegant. I also advise my patients to avoid to wear heels higher than 2 inches. Here are 5 reasons explaining why your heel height should not exceed 2 inches: First reason : High heels elongate and define your legs. However, the longer your legs appear the higher your heels are, meaning more of your weight is resting on the ball of your foot. The added pressure leads to calluses or joint pain on the ball of the foot. According to the America

For many parents, the gait of their child when he starts walking or running may appear as a concern if the child has intoeing (if he is « pigeon-toed » !) Normaly, your child’s feet are supposed to point straight ahead, in the direction of progression when he walks or runs. Sometime, one or both feet can turned inward and lead him to trip and fall over . There are 3 main causes which can explain an intoe gait : A metatarsus adductus incurving the foot A torsion inward affecti