Iain Johnston at Footmech Podiatry

04/04/2024

Thank you Andreea for your kind review.

21/02/2024

Thank you Jaime for your kind review.

06/02/2024

Thank you Mark for your kind review.

10/11/2023

Footmech is constantly bringing in new approaches to enhance the global functional knowledge of why we get our aches and pains.
The latest of which is FMS ( Functional Movement Screen) which consists of a series of movements that test , mobility , stability and proprioception.
One gets a score out of 3 in each test which gives one a reflection of their current ability and injury potential.
These movements are patterned in from childhood, we can all do them , and they provide a baseline for quality of movement. If of course there are impediments then treatment/ corrective exercises are needed to improve the score.
Anyone can do this , even more so when uninjured or not in current pain .
The corrective exercise that comes from FMS helps to improve your score and by extension reduce the potential for injury .
It can also improve performance in activities too.
Many young people have latent talent , that is not unlocked due to functional impediments. I suggest it as an absolute essential for all youngsters to have this if they are particularly sport oriented or those that wish to embark on an exercise program.

FMS - Move Well Move Often

02/10/2023

Thank you Andreea for your kind review.

05/06/2022

Pain….

We all suffer from pain at some point in our lives.

It’s can happen for a multitude of reasons and often without any explanation.

The sources of pain are often misunderstood and mis-managed.

Modern medicine does its best to diagnose the site of pain utilising the best available tools like MRI or Ultrasound scanning .
This is very noble, but the question remains even once a diagnosis is made, and that is …what caused it ?
What treatment? And will it work ?

The site of pain is so often not where the problem comes from . It’s uncanny how an old injury , accident , fall, surgery has an influence on the current issue.

Footmech Podiatry and associate Dan Grobler Biokinetics provides an insightful look at the functional reason behind the pain . The combination of Podiatric and Biokinetics is unsurpassed in dealing with complex problems that are unresponsive to treatment.

Feel free to contact us to chat about your issues.

09/04/2022

Flexibility: this is something we all struggle with. Apart from a few who are naturally mobile , the majority have muscle tension or limited ranges of motion.
The reasons behind it are varied and often complicated.
There is a belief that simply doing streching exercise will improve flexibility, but this is often not the case.
Lack of range of motion of ankle joints, knee and pelvis can have different reasons in different people .
It can span across all ages and all levels of activity . Although children are generally flexible as they should be, and older people are generally stiff. The rest of us battle with flexibility issues for a while range of reasons .

At Footmech..we attempt to individually seek to understand your own reasons for poor range of motion.
Thereby tailoring the treatment approach to maximise improvement by understanding the potential cause of tension.

31/12/2020

09/11/2020

Clinic getting a facelift in preparation for the new business starting in January 14.
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Footmech is still open for consultation during lockdown.

14/06/2020

Using muscle stimulation to assist strengthening of the Abductor Hallucis in a patient with chronic foot strain from extreme hypermobility caused by Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

27/05/2020

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