“Growing Pains”
Growing pains aren’t just painful and frustrating for children, they can also see them miss out on their favourite sports and activities with their friends. [...]
Winter Shoes
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CORE Network of Excellence
CORE members represent a wealth of expertise across many areas of care delivery. Together, they make a crucial step towards achieving our goal of accelerating [...]
Foot pain in children
Foot pain in children is common and often related to growth spurts, active lifestyles, or developmental changes, rather than serious underlying conditions. While usually temporary, persistent [...]
Sore feet is no joke
Question & Answer Foot Jokes Why isn’t your nose 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot! What do you call a foot that [...]
Time for a WOF (warrant of footness)
Time to book an appointment for footcare. Step + Stride Podiatry offers treatments which include the assessment of existing toenail conditions (ingrown and fungal toenail [...]
EDS and my feet
Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) frequently affect the feet and ankles due to connective tissue laxity (loose ligaments), causing instability, pain, and structural changes. Because [...]
Ingrown toenails
An ingrown toenail happens when one or both sides of the nail begin to grow into the soft skin of the toe. One of the [...]
Looking after children’s feet
Step +Stride Podiatrists say some of the most common conditions to watch for in kids are: Apophysitis—If a young athlete complains of persistent heel pain, [...]
Flat feet in children
When we stand or walk, the hip, knee and ankle joints bear much of the body’s weight. The foot supports this weight-bearing activity and an [...]