Bunions Yes I know it’s Sunday morning and most people are weirded out by feet especially before 8am but come on, hands up, who has a bunion?? Whose big toe is pointing inwards rather than forwards?? I have worked with numerous clients who struggle with bunions and pain around their feet and toes which the medical teams have said….”SURGERY….ITS THE ONLY OPTION…..CUT THAT FUCKER UP!!!” Ok maybe they didn’t use that language or shout it but that’s their basic gist. Far to often the idea is just to cut and shut things which don’t look/feel right…but what if that bunion is there for a reason ..read more

So we have discussed the amount of bones/joints and muscles in the feet…so what?? Why could that complexity be needed? Glad you asked The foot is amazing, and as we alluded to, we need joints to move to get the muscles to lengthen and contract. (And in fact lengthen TO contract…more on that to come)  So if there are 33 joints and we need them all to move, there must be some important shapes that the feet need to make. Yip, can you guess how many?!?!!  Ok il tell ya,  2 Two shapes, that’s it.  They should start in “neutral” in “centre and be able to move to form what’s ..read more

Oh..pre-lockdown unsocially distanced walks…weren’t they just the best 4 out of 10 (41%) adults aged 40 to 60 in England walk less than 10 minutes continuously each month at a brisk pace - PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND! Thats right…You read that correctly. 6 million adults aged 40-60 dont even get 10 minutes of alking in A MONTH…A FUCKING MONTH. how crazy is that?!?! This statistic is taken from the govenements own website, gov.uk. Now there are obviously numerous health benefits to moving. We are all told about the benefits to our cardiovascular health, the reduced chance of heart attacks, strokes ..read more

So blog time about being barefoot. As a lot, if not all, of you know i have been completely barefoot for the last 7 months. This seems to get a whole lot of weird looks and constant questions as to why. I write this blog from the perspective of a yoga teacher and nurse who spends their life dealing with people with maybe some sort of knee valgus/varus issues, pain in the feet, hips, back. Tension and cramping in the feet and shins and hips, with a lack of mobility to even find the most basic of movements such as a hindi squat (the resting pose of pretty much 3/4 of the world population.) allo ..read more