How Video Gait Analysis Helps Fine-Tune Orthotics and Improve Recovery
A Real Case from Our Brantford Podiatry Clinic Sometimes, it’s not the dramatic changes that make the biggest difference in patient outcomes—it’s the precise, measured adjustments guided by the right tools. We had a great reminder of this recently in our Brantford clinic while reviewing a patient using our advanced video gait analysis system. Tracking […]
What Makes It All Worthwhile?
After almost 40 years in podiatric practice, I often find myself reflecting on what I truly enjoy most about my professional life. Without hesitation, my first love has always been the connections I’ve made—firstly with the patients I’ve treated and gotten to know, but also with the incredible colleagues and staff I’ve had the privilege to work […]
How to Speed Up Healing: Creating the Right Environment for Your Feet
One of the most common questions we are asked in podiatry is simple and universal:“How can I speed up my healing?” The answer is not always about doing more—it’s about doing the right things consistently. Creating the optimal environment for healing can be the difference between a condition that resolves properly and one that progresses […]
Continuing Education Is Part of Who We Are
It’s been a couple of years since I last was on the Podiatry lecture circuit. This past weekend I had the pleasure of delivering a presentation on the benefits of video gate analysis in podiatric practice. This incredible diagnostic tool has helped us educate, diagnose and treat thousands of patients with greater success over the […]
Can this be Reflexology for Feet?
Last week we had a patient return to our Brantford Podiatry office earlier than his usual 3 monthly routine care. His concern was the rapid development of a painful lesion on the plantar surface of his right foot. It had become so painful in the last two weeks that he was forced to walk on […]
Time For New Wheels
Many of you have heard me lament, I’ve been overdue for new shoes for a considerable while. So finally, After work a few of weeks ago, I barged into our local shoe store in Brantford just at closing time (apologies to all the staff at “Al’s Shoe Factory”) for a little game of speed shopping. […]
What Triggers an Arthritis Flare?
For those of us who have have any type of arthritis, you’ve probably lived through a flare up. During this period of renewed, increased disease activity or worsening symptoms — a time when the medications you normally rely on to control your disease don’t seem to work. The causes of flares vary by disease — so let’s […]
Got A Hard Bump On The Top Of The Foot?
These bone growths on the top of the feet are often associated with functional overpronation. As the feet roll inwards, the bones in the arch lower hitting the limit of their range of motion. The repetitive impact causes inflammation and eventually new bone growth to form. If the cause is not treated the growth will […]
Still Bothered by ingrown toe nails?
This isn’t the first and wont be the last time we write about this subject! No matter how many times we address this condition at presentations, educational seminars and on an individual basis, the steady flow of new patients keeps coming with re-occurring ingrown toenails. Everyone at some point in their lives will inadvertently cause […]
Is Growing Pains a clinical diagnosis? or just evidence of a lazy clinician.
This is another one of those pet peeves of mine, and yes I know, enough of the eye-rolling. The “Growing Pains” diagnosis is delivered daily to concerned parents and affected child with the advice that “this too shall pass”. Just like acne, temper tantrums, nose bleeds and all the other myriad of interesting afflictions associated […]