Greg Robinson Podiatrist

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  • Common foot and lower limb conditions treated
    • Achilles problems >
      • Achilles tendonitis / tendinopathy
    • Ankle problems >
      • Ankle sprain (Ankle instability)
    • Arch and Ball problems >
      • Flat feet / fallen arches (over pronation)
      • High arched foot / Pes Cavus
      • Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
      • Plantar Fasciitis (arch pain)
      • Sesamoiditis
    • Children - Common conditions affecting children - Osteochindrosis >
      • Osteochondrosis
      • Freiberg's Disease - Pain in the ball of the foot
      • Kohler's Disease - Pain in the navicular (bone near ankle)
      • Osgood-Schlatter Disease - Tenderness in the knees
      • Sever's Disease - Heel pain
      • Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome - Pain at the bottom of the kneecap
    • Common foot injuries >
      • Ankle sprain injuries (ankle instability)
      • Fractures
    • Deformities >
      • Bunions
      • Burrowing toe
      • Claw toe
      • Curly toe
      • Digital deformity
      • Flat feet / fallen arches (over pronation)
      • Hammer toes
      • Mallet toe
      • Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
      • Overriding and Underriding toes
      • Retracting toe
      • Tailors Bunion / bunionette
    • Diabetes and your feet
    • Diseases of your feet >
      • Arthritis >
        • Osteoarthritis
        • Rheumatoid arthritis
      • Freiberg's Disease - Pain in the ball of the foot
      • Gout / gouty arthritis
      • Kohler's Disease - Pain in the navicular (bone near ankle)
      • Raynaud's Disease
      • Sever's Disease - Heel pain
    • Forefoot pain >
      • Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
      • Neuroma / Mortons Neuroma
      • Sesamoiditis
    • Fungal problems >
      • Athlete's foot (Tinea pedis)
      • Fungal nails (Onychomycosis)
    • Geriatric foot care >
      • ​Foot care for seniors
    • Hip pain >
      • Trochanteric (hip) bursitis
    • Heel Pains >
      • Cracked heels / Heel fissures
      • Heel callus
      • Heel spur
      • Plantar Fasciitis (heel and arch pain)
    • Heel pain in adults >
      • Heel spur
      • Plantar Fasciitis (arch pain)
    • Heel pain in children >
      • Plantar Fasciitis (arch pain)
      • Sever's Disease - Heel pain
    • Knee pain/ injuries >
      • ITB - Iliotibial band syndrome
      • Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)
      • Patellofemoral pain syndrome (anterior knee pain, runner's knee)
    • Nail problems >
      • Black toenails
      • Ingrown toenails (Onychocryptosis)
      • Fungal nails (Onychomycosis)
      • Paronychia (infection of the skin around the toenail)
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Pronation of the foot
    • Shin splints and shin pain
    • Skin problems >
      • Allergies
      • Athlete's foot (Tinea pedis)
      • Blisters
      • Burning feet
      • Callus (thickened skin) & Corns
      • Corns & Callus (thickened skin)
      • Cracked heels / Heel fissures
      • Paronychia (infection of the skin around the toenail)
      • Sweaty feet and Smelly feet
      • Swelling
      • Ulcers
      • Warts / Verrucae (plantar wart)
    • Stress fracture
    • Toe problems >
      • Bunions
      • Burrowing toe
      • Claw toe
      • Curly toe
      • Digital deformity
      • Hammer toes
      • Ingrown toenails (Onychocryptosis)
      • In-toeing and out-toeing
      • Mallet toe
      • Neuroma / Mortons Neuroma
      • Overriding and Underriding toes
      • Retracting toe
      • Subluxation
      • Tailors Bunion / bunionette
      • Turf toe
    • Vascular / Nerve problems >
      • Alcoholic neuropathy
      • Burning feet
      • Chilblains (cold feet)
      • Neuroma / Mortons Neuroma
      • Raynaud's Disease
      • Spasms
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Athlete's Foot / tinea pedis

Athlete's Foot is a skin disease caused by a fungus that usually occurs between
the toes and anywhere on the foot.
The fungus attacks the feet because  shoes create a warm, dark, and humid environment that encourages fungus growth.
Warm, damp areas around swimming pools, showers, and locker rooms are common
breeding grounds for fungi.
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The involved skin may present with a dry scaly rash, itching, redness, inflammation and blisters. 
A burning, itching or stinging sensation is often reported. If Athlete's Foot is left untreated the condition can spread to other parts of the foot, to the toenails, hands and even affect the face. 
 
For persistent Athlete's Foot, a prescription topical or oral antifungal medication may be needed.

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