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Web Feet is a quarterly blog posted by Registered Chiropodist David Murphy. Dave has ten years’ experience in his field and works at Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre’s main clinic in Bobcaygeon, Ontario as well as the practice’s sites at Lakefield Physiotherapy & Foot Health Clinic and the Curve Lake First Nation Health Centre.
What’s the Difference when You See Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre for Orthotics?
Would you see your optometrist for a cavity? It would be like seeing your dentist for a broken arm or your chiropodist/podiatrist for a spinal chiropractic manipulation. It makes no sense. The expertise and training is completely mismatched. Yet, when it comes to treating foot pain, particularly in the case of prescription custom orthotics, people […]
New Life for “Old Soles”
Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre Chiropodists Nadine Webster & David Murphy pose with a sample of the shoes collected. Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre has been collecting gently used shoes for the past few months so that these “old soles” can be reincarnated to help others. For young and old, footwear is an essential part […]
Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre’s Ice Bucket Challenge
Better late than never… guaranteed to raise a smile for a great cause: Ice Bucket Challenge
A Matter of Life and Limb
Readers of our blogs often compliment the fact that we provide helpful health facts with a bit of humour. However, there are some topics where the reality is anything but funny. Such is the case with a statistic released by Health Canada late last month that there are over 2,000 diabetes-related lower-limb amputations in this […]
Mistle Toes
Christmas is coming which, besides Santa, hearkens the arrival Old Man Winter. Winter can be especially hard on the feet of people with diabetes. So, if you want to stay on the right side of your Chiropodist’s naughty and nice list, here are four tips for people with diabetes to help keep their feet […]
The Funniest Things I’ve Found in Patients’ Shoes… That Demonstrate Why Neuropathy is No Laughing Matter
Web Feet is a quarterly blog posted by Registered Chiropodist David Murphy. Dave has ten years’ experience in his field and works at Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre’s main clinic in Bobcaygeon, Ontario as well as the practice’s sites at Lakefield Physiotherapy & Foot Health Clinic and the Curve Lake First Nation Health Centre. There’s […]
Alien Invaders: Plantar Warts
Web Feet is a quarterly blog posted by Registered Chiropodist David Murphy. Dave has ten years’ experience in his field and works at Kawartha Total Foot Care Centre’s main clinic in Bobcaygeon, Ontario as well as the practice’s sites at Lakefield Physiotherapy & Foot Health Clinic and the Curve Lake First Nation Health Centre. _________________________ […]