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Foot Exercises for Balance, Strength, Mobility and Foot posture: Insights from a Recent Study on Foot Exercise.

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Oct 163 min read

Foot Exercises for Balance, Strength, Mobility and Foot posture: Insights from a Recent Study on Foot Exercise.

At Ayres Health, we often recommend foot exercises to our patients. Recently, an interesting study by Anna Gabriel et al. shed light on...

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Wet weather feet: From toenail trouble to trench foot. Why soggy socks are no laughing matter!

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Oct 12 min read

Wet weather feet: From toenail trouble to trench foot. Why soggy socks are no laughing matter!

As the rain pours down outside, it’s easy to forget the potential dangers lurking beneath our damp footwear. Wet feet might seem like a...

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Wimbledon ready: Prevent foot & leg injury this tennis season.

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Jul 103 min read

Wimbledon ready: Prevent foot & leg injury this tennis season.

Wimbledon, the pinnacle of tennis tournaments, inspires many to dust off their rackets and head to the courts. While the thrill of...

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Festival feet: Your guide to festival foot comfort

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Jun 262 min read

Festival feet: Your guide to festival foot comfort

With Festival season here, prepare for extended periods on your feet, whether you're standing to enjoy a band, walking between stages, or...

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Life in a puddle: plantar hyperhidrosis (sweaty feet)

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May 222 min read

Life in a puddle: plantar hyperhidrosis (sweaty feet)

Do you sweat more than what seems normal, even when you're not hot or exercising? If so, you may be one of the millions of people who...

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Step into Spring: A spotlight on musculoskeletal foot health

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Mar 203 min read

Step into Spring: A spotlight on musculoskeletal foot health

As flowers start to bloom and the days grow longer, it's almost time to put those winter boots away and step into spring with a renewed...

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Gait ReTraining, Changing The Way You Move

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Jan 83 min read

Gait ReTraining, Changing The Way You Move

What is it? Gait Re-Education is changing the way you run or walk to reduce stress on injuries. This is a long-term process that...

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2023 roundup - Steroid injections, gait-retraining & more.

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Dec 18, 20232 min read

2023 roundup - Steroid injections, gait-retraining & more.

We blinked and 2023 is almost over! We hardly had time to stop as we’ve been so busy this year both in clinic and behind the scenes...

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A thorn in the toe: Unearthing the facts about ingrown toenails

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Oct 12, 20233 min read

A thorn in the toe: Unearthing the facts about ingrown toenails

Many people will be familiar with that sharp, throbbing pain, usually in the big toe, that seems to appear out of nowhere. The ingrown...

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The Heart and Sole Connection: Exploring the Link Between Feet and Heart

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Sep 20, 20233 min read

The Heart and Sole Connection: Exploring the Link Between Feet and Heart

Believe it or not there is a close connection between our feet and heart. September is vascular disease awareness month, so we decided to...

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Aug 16, 20233 min read

Football Feet

During a 90-minute game of football, intense periods of play include sprinting, quick changes of direction, sudden stops, ball kicking...

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Jun 21, 20232 min read

Podiatrists talk Tennis

Put your feet up and grab the strawberries & cream. With Wimbledon just around the corner, this post will cover all things tennis. From...

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Engineering of the foot: The windlass mechanism

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May 10, 20233 min read

Engineering of the foot: The windlass mechanism

Leonardo da Vinci famously said ‘The foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art’. This article investigates a specific...

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Mar 15, 20233 min read

Plantar fasciitis (Heel Pain)

How to say it? Plantar fasciitis is a bit of a 'Worcester Sauce' name; everyone knows it but not many know how to pronounce it. The full...

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Feb 9, 20232 min read

Big toe arthritis (Hallux Rigidus)

Big toe arthritis or ‘Hallux rigidus’ is a condition occurring at the joint where your big toe attaches to your foot called the 1st...

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2022 Roundup. Clinic upgrades & celebrations.

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Dec 16, 20222 min read

2022 Roundup. Clinic upgrades & celebrations.

Wow, 2022 seems to have flown by! And what a year it’s been. The country has seen 3 prime ministers, 2 monarchs, a record-breaking heat...

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Diabetic Neuropathy: Nerve damage in the feet.

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Nov 25, 20222 min read

Diabetic Neuropathy: Nerve damage in the feet.

November is Diabetes awareness month. This blog highlights peripheral neuropathy, which affects up to half of people with Diabetes and 1...

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Oct 19, 20223 min read

Menopause and foot health

As podiatrists, many patients we see in our Congleton podiatry clinic are women over the age of 45. There’s no clear start or end point...

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Jun 30, 20222 min read

Solutions for 5 summer foot problems

With the warmer weather we tend to see certain foot problems more regularly in clinic. Read on for advice about typical summer foot...

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Sep 8, 20214 min read

Get your running back on track

Have you fallen out of your regular running routine? Perhaps you’ve been walking a lot during lockdown and would like to start running....

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