Posts by Dianne
Psoriasis, Do You Know the Facts from the Fiction?
How confident are you about separating the Facts from Fiction? Lets see how you do with the statements below:- Psoriasis is not infectious, you cant catch it Fact: Psoriasis is a long term disorder of the body’s internal immune system where the specialist Tcells (I call them the army cells as their job is to…
Read MoreReflexology, Could it be Your Answer?
Could Reflexology be the answer to some of your health issues? Talking to my in-house Reflexologist Jen Hurst, during world reflexology week, I was amazed at some of the stories she told me about people who she has helped. So much so I invited her to be our guest blogger this month to share them…
Read MoreNew Shoes and Blisters
How often do you find when you buy new shoes you get blisters? But how bad is that when its not you, but one of your children? It has happened to me only this week, which, considering I’m a podiatrist is pretty bad news. New school shoes How many of us parents bought our kids…
Read MoreCrowdfunding for Tommy
This blog isn’t about me, my Podiatry practice or even feet directly for that matter, its about Crowdfunding for Tommy. More importantly, my mission to help Crowdfunding for Tommy: get him to Indianapolis in November 2018 to bring the coaching skills of Rock Steady Boxing back here to the UK. Then he can help people…
Read MoreIKEA Warrington launches employee well-being event during #foothealthmonth2018
Where were you on the 1st of October 1987?? Were you one of the people who literally camped outside the first UK store: IKEA Warrington?? Did you join the queue with thousands of others on that first day waiting for those IKEA Warrington doors to open? My oh my that must have been a…
Read MoreI didn’t know
Things I didn’t know before my podiatrist told me Recently, I conducted a poll among my Podiatry colleagues asking what was the most common response to: “the things I didn’t know before my podiatrist told me” statement. You might be interested in the answers, here’s the top 5 of 20:- I didn’t know I had…
Read MoreHow can Warm Wax Therapy help me?
Are you suffering with dry cracked heels, aching stiff joints or soreness in your feet? Warm Wax Therapy can help you. A luxurious feeling treatment, utilising the soothing and softening properties of heated paraffin wax. Your painful, aching joints are eased and irritated chilblains are pacified by gently applying warm wax to the skin. Wax retains…
Read More“What’s the best treatment for a Verruca?” the unwanted truth
How to get rid of a Verruca: assessing the risks versus the benefits. “What is the best treatment for a Verruca?” and How to get rid of a verruca are questions I get asked a lot, sadly the truth is most people don’t want to hear the difficult answer . Why? Because it’s like asking how…
Read More"Chilblains? I thought they died out in the war!"
Myths we hear people say about chilblains: “I can’t have chilblains because I don’t have a fire” “Chilblains? I thought they died out in the war!” “I can’t have chilblains because they don’t ever itch and chilblains itch don’t they?” What are Chilblains? Chilblains are small, swollen, reddened areas of skin: typically on the fingers or toes. Sometimes…
Read MoreI love a Trichophyton Rubrum (Athletes foot) success story!
What is Trychophyton Rubrum? (Athletes foot) It is fancy latin name describing the fungal organism that causes fungal foot infection or athletes foot, or : Tinea Pedis (more latin) When you look at this picture what do you see? Dry, chalky white, flaky skin, yes? You might reasonably think it’s just dry skin and expect…
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