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19/10/2026

Active kids push through a lot. Heel pain that keeps showing up after training is worth paying attention to.

Sever’s disease is the most common cause of heel pain in active children and teenagers, and it gets missed or mislabelled more often than it should. It affects the growth plate at the back of the heel during a period when bone is developing faster than the surrounding soft tissue can keep up with.

High training loads, hard surfaces, and rapid growth spurts are the usual combination. Football, athletics, and basketball seasons are when it tends to peak.

The cause is specific and the right support makes a real difference to how long it sticks around.

If your child has been limping after training, it is worth getting it properly assessed.

12/10/2026

That scan showing a heel spur? It might not be the whole story.

They show up regularly in people with zero symptoms, which tells you a lot about how much weight to put on a spur as a diagnosis. Plenty of people with significant heel pain have no spur at all.

A spur is typically the body's response to prolonged tension on the tissue attaching to the heel bone. A sign that something has been under stress for a while, not necessarily the source of what you are feeling.

Which is why treating the spur rarely changes anything. Treating what has been pulling on it usually does.

05/10/2026

Sharp pain under the foot has a way of making itself impossible to ignore.

Most people try to run it off. Train through it. Wait for it to settle between sessions. And for a while, that almost works.

But pain that keeps finding the same spot, at the same point in a session, isn't random. It's your body being very specific about something that deserves attention.

Whether it's a stress response, a biomechanical pattern, or footwear that's been loading the wrong area for longer than you'd think, understanding what's behind it changes everything that comes after.

28/09/2026

Rest or keep moving? For tendon pain, the answer is almost never that simple.

Tendons need load to heal. But pushing through pain keeps the irritation cycle going. The sweet spot sits somewhere in the middle, and finding it is the part most people struggle with.

Managed movement at the right intensity is what actually drives tendon recovery. The challenge is that the line shifts depending on the tendon, the stage of irritation, and what triggered the flare in the first place.

If you've been going back and forth between resting and pushing through, a clearer picture of what your tendon actually needs right now makes all the difference.

21/09/2026

Pain with every step isn't something to keep adjusting around.

A lot of people reach a point where different shoes, different routines, and avoiding certain surfaces becomes the new normal. The pain stops feeling like a signal and starts feeling like just part of the day.

But consistent pain with every step is your body being consistent about something specific. It's not random, and it rarely resolves without understanding what's actually driving it.

Whatever's underneath it, it's worth finding out.

14/09/2026

Pregnancy changes a lot of things. Your feet are on that list.

Shifting centre of gravity, increased load on the lower limbs, and hormones that loosen the ligaments supporting your arch. For many women, foot shape genuinely changes. Arches drop, feet widen, and shoes that fitted well before suddenly don't.

Most women notice it after the fact, once the discomfort is already there or the changes have settled in.

Early support and the right footwear can make a real difference to how your feet hold up through pregnancy and beyond.

If your feet have been feeling different lately, it's worth mentioning at your next appointment.

07/09/2026

Shin pain doesn't show up for no reason. Your body is telling you something worth listening to.

That ache along the lower leg is a load signal. The tissue flagging that what's being asked of it and what it can currently handle aren't lining up.

It's not just a running problem either. It shows up in people returning to activity, changing surfaces, or spending long hours on their feet.

The shin is where you feel it. The cause is usually somewhere else entirely, foot mechanics, training habits, footwear, or a combination of all three.

Understanding what's actually driving it is what changes things. Pushing through it rarely does.

If it keeps following you, it's worth finding out what it's responding to.

31/08/2026

Cross friction massage has been part of Achilles rehab for decades. The evidence behind it has moved on.

The technique applies targeted pressure across tendon fibres to stimulate healing and break down scar tissue. For a long time that was considered standard practice.

What the research now suggests is more nuanced. It can play a role in certain presentations, but applied at the wrong stage it can aggravate rather than assist. An acutely irritated tendon and a chronic, degenerative one need entirely different approaches.

It's a technique, not a treatment plan. And with tendons, timing and load matter more than the intervention itself.

24/08/2026

Same needle. Completely different approach.

Acupuncture and dry needling look identical from the outside, but the reasoning behind where the needle goes and why is entirely different.

In a podiatry setting, dry needling is what you're more likely to encounter. It targets specific points of muscular tension and can be a useful part of a broader plan when the right muscles are involved.

If you've been curious about which one applies to what you're dealing with, it's worth raising at your next appointment.

17/08/2026

Tried something for your fungal nails for months and got nowhere? There's usually a reason.

How well a treatment works depends on how deep the infection has gone, how many nails are affected, and how quickly the nail is growing. A topical solution that clears a surface infection won't pe*****te a nail that's been thickened and discoloured for years.

The right approach looks different for everyone. Some people need a combination of treatments. Some need nail reduction first before anything can reach where it needs to go.

If something hasn't worked before, the answer isn't always to try harder with the same thing. It's worth understanding why it didn't work in the first place.

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