“La Vanguardia” newspaper interviewed Miquel Àngel Baños Bernad, Manager of Institut Català del Peu. He stated that it was most important to visit a podiatrist from an early ages. The articleis entitled: “It is not advisable for a toddler to wear shoes when it doesn’t even crawl or walk. You can find the published interview […]
A few days ago, we had the pleasure of doing some tests on the athlete Darío Sirerol in order to improve his performance. Darío Sirerol is Spain’s ex- triple jump champion and the third placed athlete in Catalonia’s Clubs Championship (Final “A”) during 2015-2016 season. The trust he has placed in the Institut Català del […]
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome is a congenital affectation of osseous development, blood vessels and soft tissues. The main features of this syndrome are: The appearance of a red birthmark called a port-wine stains or hemangioma planum in birth. It appears approximately in 90% of cases and it is located in legs, buttocks and abdomen. These stains may […]
On 10th November, the Institut Català del Peu hosted the first multidisciplinary conferences on the paediatric foot at Casa Valencia, Barcelona. This scientific event had a good turnout and response from the different health institutions. We would like to thank all the lecturersfor their wide knowledge and experience shown in their presentations, as well as to […]
The Institut Català del Peu recently signed an agreement with Santboiana Sporting Union, to take responsibility for podiatric therapy of the rugby players. The signing of the contract took place in October between the representatives of both entities, Mr. Miquel Martínez (Chairman of the Santboiana Sporting Union and Mr. Miquel Ángel Baños (Manager of Institut […]
Institut Català del Peu has signed an agreement with UD Bellvitge Unification (Second Division B), to treat the podiatric issues of the team, focusing on sport ergonomics and the prevention of possible injuries. Congratulations to all the football players. We wish them a lot of success in the future competitions!
Plantar fasciitis is an inflammation of a membrane or strip of connective tissue called fascia, which runs across the bottom of foot and connects the calcaneal to the proximal phalanges. The fascia is made up of producing cells of structural elements of the connective tissue, a fundamental liquid substance that shapes the structures and fibres […]
The Institut Català del Peu is to organise “Multidisciplinary conferences on the paediatric foot” on 10th November. These conferences will take place at Casa Valencia (Calle Córcega, 335 first floor, 08037 Barcelona) and will gather a group of prestigious professionals together, whose field of expertise is the paedric foot and the lower extremities of childrens. We […]
AFO stands for “ankle-food orthosis” in English. An AFO or club- foot thermoplastic orthosis has several functions depending on medical directions, although its main feature is to avoid the condition of “drop foot”. This weakness of the ankle is caused by such disparate pathologies as, traumatisms or peripheral nerves, diabetes, poliomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, spinal stenosis […]
The onychogryphosis is a considerable increase of the thicknes of the ungular lamina and it has the appearance of a grapnel with different shapes or directions. It is a common pathology in seniors due to peripheral vascular traumatisms or arthrosis although it can also be shown in those people who practice some sport or either […]
