Podiatry Issues

A problem that often accompanies hyperhidrosis is pitted keratolysis. This is a skin infection, that is not contagious, which causes a number of ‘pits’ in the keratin of the skin, hence the name pitted keratolysis. The short term treatment is usually with topical antibiotics, but is generally unsatisfactory over the longer term as the main [...]

Kohlers disease is one of those osteochondroses that occur in the very young, with a common age in those with this condition being 5 years of age. Kohlers disease is not that difficult to diagnoses as the pain usually located around the navicular, is usually unilateral and can causes the child to limp. There is [...]

Continuing education is important for anyone who considers them a “professional”. It is what is implied in the very concept of being professional. Continuing education for podiatrists takes many forms and has many names and has many different legislative requirements in many different countries. There are many offline and online options now available. Most regulated [...]

The plantar plate is a thickening of the plantar fascia as it passes under the lesser metatarsophalangeal joints of the foot forming part of the joint capsule. A plantar plate dysfunction occurs when the structure has a strain or plantar plate tear. It is most common in the second metatarsophalangeal joint. The pain of plantar [...]