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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Sweaty feet (hyperhidrosis) ans Smelly feet (bromhidrosis)

The feet and hands contain more sweat glands than any other part of the body.
Smelly feet can be embarrassing and physically uncomfortable.

Feet smell for two reasons: 1) shoe wear, and 2) sweating of the feet.
The interaction between the perspiration and the bacteria that thrive in shoes and socks produce the odour. 
 
Bromhidrosis is a condition of abnormal or offensive body odour, to a large extent determined by apocrine gland secretion, although other sources may play a role.

Throughout the average day, the body naturally perspires to regulate heat in the body. In some individuals, natural perspiration is excessive in the feet which results in sweaty feet.
People are also more prone to foot perspiration if on their feet all day, if they are under a lot of stress or have a medical condition called hyperhidrosis - the name given to excessive and uncontrollable sweating.

Excessive sweating can be caused by an inherited condition, called hyperhidrosis.
Stress, some medications, fluid intake, and hormonal changes can also increase the amount of perspiration.

As there are more sweat glands in the feet than anywhere else in the body anyone can experience sweaty feet regardless of the temperature. 


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