Chinese foot binding was an ancient practice from the 13th century, in which the feet of young female children were very tightly bound to prevent them from growing. The practice did start in higher social classes and then moved to rural area where...
It is important that children’s feet are carefully measured for the fitting of children’s shoes as their feet grow quickly and their bones are easy to mold out of shape from pressure if the shoe does not fit properly. Start by measuring...
Fitting children’s shoes is crucial to get right. If you do not get it right, then the shoes can deform the foot that is mouldable and still growing. To get the shoes fitted properly, then: Start by measuring both of the child’s feet...
Post-static dyskineisa is a bit of a mouthful, but it is that worse pain under the heel when you get up from rest, especially in the morning. Post-static refers to the after resting and the dyskinesia refers to the pain. It is a characteristic...
Post-static dyskineisa is the technical term for that worse pain under the heel when you get up from rest, especially getting out of bed in the morning. ‘Post-static’ refers to the after resting and the ‘dyskinesia’ refers to...
Ballet flats are popular shoe to wear. However, by their design is that they have minimal design features in them as there is just not enough room in them for any features. This poses a problem if you want to wear shoes like ballet flats and need or...
How to relieve pain in the ball of the foot will mostly be determined by what causes it. There are many different causes and each one will have a different set of treatment options, so giving blanket advice as to what you can do to relieve it is not...
There are many different structures in the ball of the foot – bone, ligaments, joints, muscle, tendon, nerve, blood vessels, bursa, skin etc. If you have pain in the ball of your foot, then it could be because something is wrong with one of...
Charcot’s Foot is a problem that typically occurs in those with the neuropathy in diabetes mellitus and can result in deformity of the foot with the destruction of joints, affecting up to a third of those with diabetic neuropathy. It got the...
Charcot’s foot is a complication of diabetes in which the joints become damaged due to the lack of sensation. As any changes in foot posture or alignment are not detected due to the lack of pain sensation, so the foot can become quite deformed...
