Cold Feet? It Could Be Raynaud’s
Do your feet feel icy in bed or when you’re barefoot? Does one toe change to a completely different colour? It may be Raynaud’s phenomenon.
How To Treat Sweaty Feet
Do you have sweaty feet? Do they feel damp and have white, soggy skin? Are you embarrassed when removing your shoes or socks in front of others? Don’t worry, there are many treatment options available. Here’s everything you need to know.
How To Look After Your Feet At Home
A lot of the advice from podiatrists is to, well, attend a podiatrist. This might seem a bit self-serving, but it’s unavoidable – by the time you come to clinic to ask a question about a foot problem, usually it’s at the stage where someone needs to take a look at it and take action.
Understanding Gout: Symptoms And Treatments
Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis that commonly affects the joint of the big toe. Joints become inflamed, heated and can be tender and very painful – even during sleep. Typically signs and symptoms are acute and come on without warning, known as a “gout attack”. Pressure on the joint will like likely become unbearable; even the touch of a blanket may aggravate pain. Some individuals may never have another “gout attack”, however it is likely that the acute episode will occur again.
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Ingrown Toenails
Ingrown toenails, more scientifically known as onychocryptosis, are a nail disorder commonly experienced by young adults and middle-aged individuals. It can occur at any age and frequently prevents children from playing sports or adults trying to complete basic daily tasks.
Boost Week 5: Maintaining Healthy Habits For Life
Well done on getting to week 5 of the January BOOST challenges! By now you will hopefully be drinking more water, eating 5 fruit and veg a day, sleeping more and moving your body regularly. These healthy habits are not only manageable, realistic additions to your day-to-day life, but they will have a huge impact on your health long-term. From physical to mental health, each of these habits will help to BOOST your energy and health long-term.
Boost Week 4: Are You Sleep Deprived?
Welcome to week 4 of the January BOOST challenge. To recap, we have covered the importance of staying well hydrated, getting your 5 a day and being physically active when it comes to optimising your energy. Are you starting to reap the benefits? Take a minute to compare where you are at now energy-wise to how you felt prior to starting the BOOST challenge.
Boost Week 3: Exercise For Better Energy
Well done on making it to week 3 of 5 of the January BOOST challenges! By now you will hopefully be working on adding more water, fruit and veg into your daily routine and have started to notice the positive changes in your health. Please get in touch with us to let us know how you are getting on. Who knows, you might even inspire someone else to get started on their own BOOST journey.
Boost Week 2: Getting Your 5-A-Day Every Day
Welcome to week 2 of the January Boost challenge. Hopefully week 1 went well for you and you are already creating a healthy habit of staying hydrated. Drinking more water is an easy way to boost energy.
5 Weeks To A Healthier You This January
It is that time of year again. Feeling lethargic and drained after the Christmas holidays, most people will be resigning themselves to extreme New Year’s resolutions. New Year’s resolutions are usually unrealistic, and research shows that over 80% of people fail to sustain their new habits past the 30-day mark.
5 Easy Tips To Feel Your Best This Christmas
The countdown is on. With only days left until Christmas Day, it is easy to get caught up in the non-stop festivities. From chocolates around the office, Christmas drinks and meals out, it can feel like a losing battle when it comes to making healthy decisions and feeling at your best.
How To Create Healthy Habits For Your Children
A letter to the editor of the Irish Examiner newspaper was published recently about the importance of building healthy habits for our children and their future. Our head dietitian, Michelle Loughlin, has written a response to it by highlighting the importance of the issue and how best to tackle it.
Easy Tips For Meal Prep Success
“I want to eat healthier, but I just don’t have the time” is something I commonly hear, both in clinic and from others too. Time can be a very real hurdle, but the key is to work with this, as opposed to against it – this is where meal prep comes in.
11 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Plant-Based Diet
With an increasing focus on sustainable diets, more and more people are deciding to go plant based.
How Weight Loss Works
So, you are looking to lose weight and are unsure of where to start? Overweight and obesity are the most common nutritional disorders globally. Yes – even more prevalent than undernutrition across the globe. This means that more people than ever are actively trying to lose weight.
Important Nutrients For Athletes And Where To Find Them
Life is busy and finding time to eat a nutritionally balanced diet can be a struggle. We live in a culture of convenience foods which may not always be packed with the essential nutrients that your body requires; especially if you are active regularly. Couple that with conflicting and confusing sports nutrition available and it can be an absolute mission trying to figure out what to eat and when. If you train a lot or partake in competitive sports, then having a basic understanding of eating to fuel your activity is essential.
Today our head dietitian, Michelle, wants to highlight some key nutrients that are worth prioritising in your diet if you take part in regular activity and where to find them.
When To Opt For Orthotics
It’s a pretty universally accepted truth that the older we get, the more we experience little inexplicable aches and pains. Most of the time, we just accept that this is a natural part of life and go about our day, as long as the pain is not unbearable. But while this “natural process” mentality may be right a lot of the time, there are also times when it can cause us to write off things that maybe deserve a second look.
Your Festival Foot Guide
It may not be Christmas, but the festival season is certainly upon us. Glastonbury, arguably the biggest festival of the season around these parts, may have just wrapped up, but there is still a long line of festivals all across Ireland and Europe that will be taking place this summer. As enjoyable as these events are, most fans will agree that they are not exactly easy on the body.