When your feet unexpectedly change colour to appear more yellow, it’s no surprise that you may feel concerned. While some causes may be indicative of something more serious happening behind the scenes, other causes can be addressed with some simple changes or a visit to your podiatrist.
Today, the My FootDr team have shared the top four reasons that you may have noticed your feet yellowing.
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Kate graduated with a Bachelor of Health Science (Podiatry) degree from Charles Sturt University in 2008. She has been working at Border Podiatry Centre since 2009. Kate has always had a passion for helping people and knew from an early age that she wanted a career where she could do just that. Kate has extensive knowledge in all areas of Podiatry.
Her special interest areas are paediatrics and geriatrics. Combined with a keen interest in wound care and diabetes, Kate is the complete all-round Podiatrist. Kate also likes to keep in touch with local General Practitioners and members of the community to educate them on the roles of a Podiatrist.
Kate has spent a number of years building her skill set and fostering positive relationships with her clients. She prides herself on being able to provide expert and holistic care across a range of settings. While originally from Tasmania, Kate lives locally and when not at work enjoys spending time with her young family and travelling.
Luke graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatric Medicine from Charles Sturt University in 2013. He spent a few years working for a busy podiatry practice in Wagga Wagga before moving back to Wodonga in 2018 when he started working at Border Podiatry Centre.
Luke has a positive and outgoing personality and a great love of sport. Luke is interested in all aspects of podiatry with an extra special interest in biomechanics and sport’s injury management and performance. He has just enrolled to do his Masters of Sports Medicine. Luke is passionate about achieving the best outcomes for his clients and understands that a multifaceted approach is often needed to get optimal results.
Luke was raised on a farm in the Tallangatta Valley and enjoys watching sport and exercising in his free time.
With spring in full swing, the warmer weather means we’re swapping our boots for sandals and open-toed shoes, and while it feels great, for many of us it’s the first step towards our annual occurrence: dry skin and cracked heels.
Tarsal tunnel syndrome is an impingement problem, where one of the key nerves that runs down the inside of your leg and ankle, called the posterior tibial nerve, gets trapped and compressed, resulting in painful symptoms.
Your tarsal tunnel, named after your tarsal bones that surround your ankle, is a narrow tunnel that is formed between the bones on the inside of your ankle, and the supporting soft tissues that cover it. This tunnel is the home of the posterior tibial nerve, which then splits off into branches that give sensation to areas of your feet. When the space in the tunnel is narrowed, the nerve gets pinched and compressed. This is known as tarsal tunnel syndrome.
While a regular fracture describes a break in the bone that tends to occur suddenly, and a stress fracture describes tiny hairline cracks that develop slowly over time, an avulsion fracture is one where the stress and tension from a tendon or ligament that is attached to a bone pulls of a piece off the bone, fracturing it.
One of the most common sites for an avulsion fracture is at the base of your fifth metatarsal – the long bone in the midfoot that connects to your fifth toe. If you run your fingers along the outside edge of your foot, you’ll be able to feel a bump called the styloid process. This is where the fracture occurs. As this region has a poorer blood supply than other areas of the foot, this means healing and repair can be lengthy and painful.
When you have an anterior ankle impingement, it means that the joint capsule at the front of the ankle is being pinched, compressed or wedged when you move your foot up on your ankle (toes towards the sky). This produces pain, swelling, restricted movement or a locking sensation, and even weakness around the foot and ankle.