HIGH HEELS CAUSE PAINFUL FEET!

The American Podiatrist, Dr Howard Dananberg along with a rocket scientist have designed a shoe insert to combat injuries from wearing high heels! Dr Howard Dananberg realised that high heel pain was directly related to foot alignment and weight distribution. Together they developed a new type of shoe insert called Insolia which is able to shift weight away from the forefoot.

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Essential Tips For Party Feet

Essential Tips For Party Feet

If you’re attending a function this summer don’t forget your feet! Having hidden your feet in enclosed shoes all winter the chances are they will be in desperate need of a little TLC!

Summer is the season for weddings, garden parties, barbecues and holidays, so your feet need to be ready for the change in footwear, long hours standing and exposure. You don’t want to be embarrassed by dry, cracked…

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How to treat ingrown toenails

How to treat ingrown toenails

Ingrown toenails commonly occur on the sides of your big toenails often as a result of:

Cutting your nails incorrectly or too short

Sporting activities; your feet may sweat more making the skin softer and easier for the nail to penetrate

Wearing shoes that don’t fit correctly

A traumatic injury to the toenail causing deformity

Thickened nails due to a fungal infection

Wide fan-shaped toenails

Ini…

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*Now Available Corticosteroid Injections*

*Now Available Corticosteroid Injections*

Mr Graeme Carter one of the Podiatrists at Care For Feet is able to perform Corticosteroid injections to reduce pain and swelling whilst improving function and mobility for joint or soft tissue inflammation.  The injection is a mixture of a steroid and  local anaesthetic to help provide comfort post treatment.  Unlike taking oral steroids or having a corticosteroid injected directly into the…

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Treat Your Cracked Heels Quickly & Easily

Treat Your Cracked Heels Quickly & Easily

  If like many, you start to panic at the sight of your heels at this time of year due to winter neglect, fear not help is at hand!

Don’t be tempted to buy the latest chemical peels promising baby soft feet. They won’t necessarily get rid of the hard skin and may ‘sting’ if they go in the cracks.

You have everything you need at home, hidden at the back of the bathroom cabinets and your sock…

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What Should I do If My Toenails Are Fungal?

What Should I do If My Toenails Are Fungal?

Step One…

Just to reassure you, fungal nails are common. Very common. They are NOT serious but can look unsightly and cause embarrassment. They can affect not only your toenails but can on occasion, spread to your fingernails. However, not all thickened, discoloured nails are fungal in origin that’s why it’s important to get them seen by a professional. You should not start a treatment plan…

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Latest Verruca Treatment in Buxton

Latest Verruca Treatment in Buxton

If you suffer from painful or unsightly verruca’s and have tried everything t get rid of them, read on…

Maddy, one of the Podiatrists at Care for Feet explains one of the treatments on offer in clinic.

“Verruca Needling is a procedure designed to make the immune system aware of the presence of the verruca as it is fairly well hidden and protected in the epidermis. We do this by stimulation under…

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Expanding Team at BAKEWELL PODIATRY & CHIROPODY FOOT CLINIC

Expanding Team at BAKEWELL PODIATRY & CHIROPODY FOOT CLINIC

***New Team Member Joining January 2019***

This is Graeme our ‘Highly Specialised Podiatrist’ joining the team in January 2019. He has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in foot pain assessment (MSK) bespoke custom made orthoses, Corticosteroid injections and nail surgery working in both the NHS and private practice.

When he’s not working, Graeme enjoys walking his Labrador, fishing and cycling.

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Expanding Team at Bakewell Podiatry & Chiropody Foot Clinic

Expanding Team at Bakewell Podiatry & Chiropody Foot Clinic

***New Team Member***

This is Lucy our newest Podiatrist. She loves Bakewell so much she travels in from Rotherham every Monday and Tuesday to work at Care for Feet in Bakewell. Such dedication!

Qualified in all aspects of foot care Lucy has an Honours Degree in Podiatry from the University of Huddersfield. Lucy has broad experience, including the treatment and management of patients with…

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Podiatrists are the experts in treating Plantar Heel Pain/Plantar Fasciitis!

Podiatrists are the experts in treating Plantar Heel Pain/Plantar Fasciitis!

If you didn’t already know, Podiatrists are specialists of the foot, ankle and lower limb.We study all things foot related at University for 3 years and are the lower limb experts. We treat people suffering from Plantar Fasciitis daily in our foot clinics because it is an incredibly common condition, affecting up to 10% of the population! We see it often, we treat it effectively and that’s why so…

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Care For Feet...Who Are We?

Care For Feet…Who Are We?

Award winning ‘Care for Feet’ was founded by Podiatrist Jo Lambourne, a First Class Honours Degree Graduate from Salford University.  Jo, originally from Buxton, now lives with her husband and their 3 children in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire.

“I started my foot care business with a keen interest in improving the quality of foot care on offer in the High Peak and Derbyshire Dales.  I pride…

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**EXCITING NEWS - BUXTON CLINIC OPENING**

**EXCITING NEWS – BUXTON CLINIC OPENING**

Due to a HUGE increase in demand for our Professional Foot Care Services in Buxton we are moving premises! This will enable us to provide an improved level of service and advanced treatment options, which previously have been unavailable in Buxton.

From Wednesday 4th April 2018 we will be at 3, The Quadrant (Foot Clinic at the rear of Toni & Guy, Buxton). SK17 6AW. Telephone: [phone] for an…

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Keep your Feet Healthy this Summer

Keep your Feet Healthy this Summer

See this great article from The College of Podiatry about keeping your feet healthy this summer.

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INTERNATIONAL WORLD FOOT HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH MAY 2017

INTERNATIONAL WORLD FOOT HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH MAY 2017

May is World Foot Health Awareness month, an international event to raise awareness of the importance of good foot health. This year the theme is ‘Let’s heal the heel pain!’

Heel pain is the most common foot problem worldwide. It usually affects one foot and the pain intensity builds up over time. This year’s theme focuses on the fact that anyone can get heel pain. An estimated 1 in 10 people…

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Tips to avoid Foot Ailments

Tips to avoid Foot Ailments

Have a look at the article from the Express for some useful tips how to avoid foot pain. You can also have a look get more information on feetforlife.org

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Running could be BAD for you!

Running could be BAD for you!

Why Running Could be BAD for you: Read the recent article from the Mail Online providing some footwear advice.

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Website award

Fantastic to be awarded 6th in the ‘Top 25 Most Credible Foot Health Websites to follow in 2016’ by healthlisted.Com. It is such an honour to be recognised for all the hard work it takes to write blogs which help to inform and educate the general public to improve general foot health. Huge pat on the back! But have you also looked at our facebook page recently? https://www.facebook.com/CareForFe…

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We are moving...

We are moving…

Exciting news for Chapel residents…due to expansion we will be moving from our clinic room within Chapel Dental Care to our own ‘Care For Feet Podiatry Foot Clinic’ in the newly renovated ‘Rubicon House’ on the previous site of the Natwest Building in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Hopefully, there will be minimal disruption to our existing patients during this move but we think you’ll agree it will be worth…

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