Abnormal Toes
Are My High Heels Changing My Foot Shape Permanently?
Does wearing high heels really come at a cost to our feet? If you’re wondering what effects - if any - high heels may be having on your feet, here’s the inside scoop from our podiatrists.
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Fixing Curly Toes: Hammertoes, Claw Toes & Mallet Toes
So you’ve developed a hammertoe – or maybe you’ve noticed that your child’s toes are starting to curl. So what can you do about it? Should you do anything about it? What if there’s no pain – is it fine to leave them? Today, Auckland’s premier podiatry team, Perform Podiatry, talks about the causes and […]
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Toes Separating like a ‘V’? It’s a Sign of a Plantar Plate Tear
Have you noticed that two of your toes have come out of line? Perhaps where they used to line up normally alongside one another, they’re now moving apart from one another like a ‘V’. This is actually something we refer to as the ‘V Sign’, and more often than not, it’s linked to a plantar […]
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Ingrown toenails: The lessons and the patients
We’ve been seeing a lot of patients with ingrown toenails lately. From kids to adults alike – we’ve even quickly removed ingrown toenails from kids at 6 months old. That’s right – your nails don’t discriminate against age. We thought we’d highlight 3 recent cases because we find that a lot of people (definitely not […]
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Ingrown toenails: The lessons and the patients
We’ve been seeing a lot of patients with ingrown toenails lately. From kids to adults alike – we’ve even quickly removed ingrown toenails from kids at 6 months old. That’s right – your nails don’t discriminate against age. We thought we’d highlight 3 recent cases because we find that a lot of people (definitely […]
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Are you worried about your bunions?
Summer is fast approaching which means it’s time to whip out the sandals and open-toed shoes! Usually along with this seasonal change, we see an influx of particular issues and concerns flooding into our clinic. Today we thought we’d talk about a big one of these – bunions! What is a bunion and how does […]
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Curling Second Toe – Plantar Plate Injury
Does your second toe seem to be looking out of place? Moving away from another toe like a ‘V’ shape? You might have a plantar plate tear! If you can feel pain and swelling particularly beneath the second toe joint at the ball of your foot (also known as your second metatarsophalangeal joint), then […]
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