Diagnosing A Stress Fracture With Ultrasound
Ultrasound has been discussed on many occasions in our previous blog posts but we haven’t gone into any detail as to the effectiveness of looking at stress fractures. Most people consider a break to be seen on an X-Ray, or so you would think. In fact, the x-ray...
Ingrown Toenail Treatment Results
Ingrown toenails are a patient issue we see regularly… We always try to treat our patients’ ingrown toenails with chiropody, which we define as cutting and trimming down the side to alleviate the nail into the skin. However, in this poor girls instance, we...
Plantar Fasciitis: A Brief Overview
Coping with chronic heal pain can be a real pain in the, well, foot. Diagnosing exactly what the issue is can also be difficult without a proper medical examination. However, a likely culprit will be plantar fasciitis – a chronic, weight bearing, repetitive...
When Should I Replace My Orthotic?
Your feet deserve some love… At Sussex Foot Centre, we pride ourselves in having our own manufacturing facilities on-site. We’re able to diagnose and treat in quick succession. As we have discussed before, an initial consultation will usually require some...
Three Common Foot Problems
Whether we’re walking, running, jumping, or climbing, our feet take a lot of abuse on a daily basis… In fact, according to the College of Podiatry, each of us will walk approximately 150,000 miles in our lifetime – that’s equivalent to walking around the world...
Fighting Verrucas One Foot At A Time
Warning! Satisfying before and after photo coming up… Now firstly you will see I’m a dreadful photographer, but hopefully, you’ll be able to see what we achieved! The verrucas seen in the first photo were present on this gentleman’s foot for...
Marathon Training, A Pain In The… Foot
I am often asked ‘what is the most common condition you see?’ To be honest it has to be plantar fasciitis, of which we have spoken about many times before. The second most common condition that graces Sussex Foot Centre is pain and swelling focal to the...
X-ray vs. Ultrasound For Diagnosing Pain
The foot and ankle are hugely complex… Hence why the profession of chiropody, now more commonly known as Podiatry has been around in one format or another for hundreds of years. The images I have displayed to coincide with this blog post are to show just how...