Iain Johnston at Footmech Podiatry

18/02/2026

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17/02/2026

Plantar Fasciitis

A condition that is over diagnosed and poorly understood. There are many types of heel pain and many reasons why it happens .
I my experience once it is understood what is causing it , the response to treatment is relatively quick. I hear of how people thinks it takes months to heal , and required lots therapies like shockwave or massage guns or streching and strengthening. All these therapies have a place , but are not always effective and the correct thing to do .
To get to understand why one gets it you need to be seen by someone who understands the functional cause of the pain.

It’s surprising how many heel pains are not starting in the foot .

Here are Footmech we look into the detail of your individual history and work out why it’s happening.
Insoles are not always necessary.
Streching is not always necessary
Pain killers are not always necessary

Get to the source and solve the problem.

13/02/2026

In all the years I’ve been working and developing skills to assist people’s complex functional problems I’ve always tried to have a holistic approach.

One of these approaches is to provide advice on tackling inflammation.

On a basic level , reducing drivers of inflammation like cutting sugar, processed food, eating as much organic as possible. Has been beneficial .

Then adding Omega 3s ( Neolife Omega 3 -due to its purity and complete 8 types of Omega ) , turmeric and ginger , apple cider vinegar ( with the mother ). Are all useful

Then dealing with Gut Microbiome.
Kefir, Kombucha, Sauerkraut etc , as well as Neolife Acidophilus as it delivers viable bacteria to the small intestines.

Then …the latest but most powerful of all the approaches to date:
REDOX SIGNALLING MOLECULES .
A company called ASEA, has cracked to code on BIO-IDENTICAL signalling molecules in a drink format . Which has the ability to dial up the bodies ability to balance systems.
Inflammation reduction is a byproduct of this .

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13/02/2026

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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