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Catherine Fletcher-Liddell typing at CF Foot Clinic Basingstoke

My Blog

Catherine Fletcher-Liddell typing at CF Foot Clinic Basingstoke

I think I’ve got an ingrowing toenail

Graphic showing an ingrowing toenail

I speak from personal experience when I say in-growing toenails are extremely painful and unpleasant. They hurt when you walk, when you have shoes on, even in bed. They can bleed and weep and get infected. They are definitely not something you want to show off to people. What is…

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10 tips for healthy feet

Graphic showing a person walking barefoot along a log

Some quick and easy ways to help keep your feet as healthy as possible: ●     Wash feet and change socks or hosiery daily, or if you get them wet or sweaty ●     Don’t go sockless in shoes ●     Cut nails straight across or slightly rounded, not down into the corners…

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What is the best shoe?

Graphic showing a number of shoes

I get asked this in the clinic almost daily, and the answer is…….it depends. There are certain aspects of footwear which you should be looking for with a ‘good’ shoe but it is very much dependent on your foot. What should I be looking for? When picking the best shoe…

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Roentgen Road, Daneshill East,
Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8NG