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THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH UD BELLVITGE UNIFICATION (SECOND DIVISION B).
Institut Català del Peu has signed an agreement with UD Bellvitge Unification (Second Division B), to treat the podiatric issues of the team, focusing on sport ergonomics and the prevention of possible injuries. Congratulations to all the football players. We wish them a lot of success in the future competitions!
PLANTAR FASCIITIS: SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT.
Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of a membrane or strip of connective tissue called fascia, which runs across the bottom of foot and connects the calcaneal to the proximal phalanges. The fascia is made up of producing cells of structural elements of the connective tissue, a fundamental liquid substance that shapes the structures and fibres […]
THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DEL PEU ORGANIZES “MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCES ON THE PAEDIATRIC FOOT” IN BARCELONA.
The Institut Català del Peu is to organise “Multidisciplinary conferences on the paediatric foot” on 10th November. These conferences will take place at Casa Valencia (Calle Córcega, 335 first floor, 08037 Barcelona) and will gather a group of prestigious professionals together, whose field of expertise is the paedric foot and the lower extremities of childrens. We […]
MAKING OF AN AFO JOINTED SPLINTS
AFO stands for “ankle-food orthosis” in English. An AFO or club- foot thermoplastic orthosis has several functions depending on medical directions, although its main feature is to avoid the condition of “drop foot”. This weakness of the ankle is caused by such disparate pathologies as, traumatisms or peripheral nerves, diabetes, poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, spinal stenosis […]
THE ONYCHOGRYPHOSIS OR THE INCREASE OF THE NAILS’ THICKNESS.
The onychogryphosis is a considerable increase of the thicknes of the ungular lamina and it has the appearance of a grapnel with different shapes or directions. It is a common pathology in seniors due to peripheral vascular traumatisms or arthrosis although it can also be shown in those people who practice some sport or either […]
AMPULES: CAUSES, CLINICAL AND TREATMENT.
An ampule is a mechanism of protection of the skin and it shows a palpable and limited cutaneous increase which has serum and lymphatic fluid. The separation or skin increase is always at an epidermic level. The difference between ampules or phlyctenae is the diameter of the injury. In the ampules the diameter is 0,5 […]
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