According to Diabetes UK, there are 177,000 people in Wales living with diabetes and estimates suggest a further 70,000 people have diabetes but are unaware of their condition, or have no confirmed diagnosis. Continue reading “Living with Diabetes: Keep Your Feet Healthy”
1. Keep your toenails neatly trimmed by cutting straight across your nails, before gently filing any rough edges but don’t cut them too short or down the sides, as this increases the risk of developing a painful ingrowing nail. If you wear nail varnish, it’s a good idea to have a break for a Continue reading “Get your tootsies summer-ready: 9 tips for neat feet”
The foot is an intricate structure containing 26 bones, 33 joints and over a 100 ligaments, muscles and tendons. In a pair of feet, there are 250,000 sweat glands and more nerve endings per square centimetre than any other part of the body; Leonardo da Vinci even invented an alarm Continue reading “Feet Facts and Stats”
