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 […]
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 […]
Difficulties buying shoes
This week, I saw a returning patient who, on our first meeting, learned the origin of his crippling heel pain. The first step on the road to curing his heel pain was identified as improving the support offered by ALL of his footwear. By “All” we mean home, work and play. He returned today with […]
Want One Simple Factor To Improve Your Golf Game?
Golf is a sport; do it carelessly and it can result in serious injury. Like most sports, a degree of preparation improves both performance and pleasure. I’m going to start this blog with a confession. For years, I have been a golf critic and skeptic. However, I recently came to realize that if I wish […]
Did a pedicure cause my ingrown nail?
The truthful and most likely answer is NO! Overly aggressive grooming of the nails, especially with non-sterilized instruments, can cause infections (bacterial, viral and fungal), damage to the integrity of the nail plate and even changing the growth pattern of the nail plate. Frequently, we hear stories of very talented pedicurists who assist folks with […]
Do You Need Black Friday Shopping Ideas?
Black Friday adverts always give me cause to think of family gifts for the coming Christmas season. As we get older, we get harder to shop for, and thoughts turn to gifts of comfort and warmth. This year let us help give you some gift ideas. Our older and retired relatives tend to spend increasing […]
What’s No. #1 on the Back to School list?
Good footwear of course! it doesn’t matter if its kinder garden, high school, college or University. Their feet are the foundation of their performance. Below is an interview I did on Rogers Television in Brantford 12 years ago, the subject matter was Children’s Feet pertaining to end-of-summer and back-to-school footwear purchases. As always during “Inside […]
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. […]
Got Squeaky Orthotics?
This can be an annoying symptom of having orthotics, but it’s not a sign that they are poorly made or somehow defective. Frequently we hear complaints about orthotics squeaking and creaking in shoes. This short video demonstrates how loud they can be and how instantly they can be silenced. This situation illustrates that no matter […]