Corns and Callus
As Easter is here we are looking at painful feet; sometimes likened to walking on eggshells.
This can be for many reasons but chief amongst these is corns and callus. A small spattering of tiny little corns across the ball of the foot is called seed corns or heloma mille and these form tiny little areas of callus that act like pin pricks.
These need to be professionally debrided and advice on how to avoid them includes regular moisturising of the skin, taking the pressure of the area with shoe choices and using silicon insoles under the ball of your foot to reduce shearing stresses.
Larger areas of callus can form due to abnormal foot pressures and these can cover the whole ball of the foot in a hard and heavy plaque like formation. If the pressure is forming over the same area of the foot then this leads to deep, painful corns and both these types of hard skin need professional debridement and advice on how to limit and avoid. Sometimes it is just moisturising and footwear choices, other times it is looking at structure and function and seeing how they can be improved.
Whatever is going on underneath your feet, do not put up with pain. Bring them in for a service and do book in for a PodPed™ for a complete foot transformation.
Recommended product: Magic Feet - a soft and absorbent, double protection inner sock with Epithelium 26® providing great extra padding on the soles of your feet.
Foot pain is not normal; see a Supplefeet Podiatrist to get a full assessment and to sort out your foot problems and concerns -
020 8367 9292.