ConsultingFootPain

Podiatrists often ask how to set up a clinical practice. Here is a short article to offer help.

Do we keep an old shoe or buy a new shoe, or is regeneration possible? The inevitable shoe burial (aka the dustbin) may be one of life’s les

Curious shapes, distortions and nail problems are always fascinating to podiatrists. The distortion of the end of the toe and callus formati

Given the wealth of rubbish and misleading information now available, it seemed about right that I would offer my own readers something they could trust.

Busypencilcase Communications (BPCC) emerged in 2015 as a limited company until 2019, when it became a sole trader for publications, blogs, articles, and promotions, predominantly for foot health. Run by David R Tollafield (Director-owner), this site—ConsultingFootPain.co.uk—merged with BPCC after it was created a year earlier. 

This self-help article discusses the irritating little toe problem. Before panicking and thinking you are unclean, read this article.

When my wife broke a bone in her foot back in October 2021, no one was more surprised than me. During my career, I have been interested in two facts we all know breaks as fractures.

Few works, academic or otherwise, have attempted to bring to life the period of intense change that occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s, signalling the shift from ‘chiropody’ to ‘podiatry’.

ConsultingFootPain offers impartial information without the promotion of products other than recommended sources.

Comprising three distinctive parts, the clinician uses the five senses to guide the process–one might take the humourous view of Sherlock Holmes or Poirot in determining evidence from visual observation and verbal questioning. I hope these small introductory articles provide some interest. The first in the series covers observation as in the Physician

David, It’s fair to say few, if any, will have contributed more to the development of podiatric surgery and bunion correction in the UK. 

This book should be useful for all health professionals, whether podiatrists, medical students, general practitioners or nurses. The book contains clear descriptions of anatomy, physiology and pathology in relation to the foot and is illustrated by clear line drawings.