Trauma is a common reason for black toenails. The medical term for black toenails, caused by trauma and resulting in bruising under the nail is subungual hematoma. This can occur after an injury, as a result of breaking open blood vessels under the nail. The pooling of blood under the... read more →

Do you ever find after waking up in the morning, the first few steps you take are painful? If the answer is yes, you may have a heel spur. Pain can be experience in the heel or arch of your foot and become worse after sitting down for a long... read more →

Achilles tendon pain is a condition which can be characterised by inflammation, pain and stiffness. In some cases, the tendon injury can progress from early stage inflammation into degeneration (tendinopathy). The Achilles tendon is the strongest and largest tendon in the human body. It joins the heel bone to the calf... read more →

A lot of people may wonder "What does a podiatrist do" and when you should see one. Firstly an Allied health professional with a degree in podiatry is a podiatrist. "A Podiatrist is a university educated health care professional specialising in the prevention, diagnoses, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders, medical... read more →

Smelly, sweaty feet can be an embarrassing social problem, but it does not have to be. There are many simple treatments that can control the smell and amount of sweat your feet produce and leave you feeling confident to wear those open toed shoes you love. After all the feet... read more →

The os intermetatarseum is a rare accessory bone (ossicle) of the foot occurring in approximately 4% of the population, which ossifies during adolescence or preadolescence and may be responsible for midfoot pain. This accessory bone is typically positioned near the base of the first and second metatarsals bone (long bones... read more →

Do you have weak ankles or often find your legs and ankles feel unstable at the end of the day? Wake up in the morning with stiff and unstable ankles? Weak ankles occur when there is instability of the muscles and tendons in the foot. This often leads our feet... read more →

Is a condition that causes thickening of the deep connective tissue in the foot, known as the fascia. It is also characterised by slow growing fibrous non-malignant lumps which may sometimes invade the tendons and dermis of the skin, on the bottom of the foot. Initially, plantar fascial fibromatosis may be quite... read more →

Heel cracks can become painful, itchy and sometimes embarrassing- especially in the warmer weather where we look to change out footwear into something less enclosed. What are the causes for heel cracks? Footwear; walking barefoot or in shoes such as thongs, sandals or any open backed shoes, which dries the... read more →

Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease marked by periodic flare ups of defined red... read more →