On January 16th and 17th 2015 in the Institut Català del Peu, will be given a made-to-measure shoes course with the aim of offering the student the basic abilities to make them according to every patient’s pathology.
The word syndactylia means the congenital attachment of two or more fingers or toes and it can be presented in hands and feet. It can be inherited and sometimes it has a connection with other congenital alterations like for example, the Down’s syndrome, the Carpenter’s syndrome and the Pfeiffer syndrome. It usually becomes apparent in […]
Between Torrijos Street and San Juan Avenue, the podiatrist Miguel Angel Baños from Gràcia neighborhood, combines the visits which makes the podiatric center located just above the Abacería market with the task he performs in the first place of Catalonia which has all the sanitary specialities which participate in the foot’s treatment.He is the promoter […]
The tuberose sclerosis or Pringle Bourneville syndrome is a dominant autosomal and a multisystem disease caused by benign tumors (hamartomas) in organs like the retina, heart, lungs and kidneys. This disease is included in hereditary causes as well as spontaneous appearance.It may affect to the brain and the spinal cord being benign or not cancerous […]
In this issue we would like to show our experience and methodology in the making of made-to-measure shoes. When I talk about this subject with other colleagues, I always like to state that the concept we are talking about is not “The made-to-measure shoe” but the “Therapeutic shoe”. The field of the therapeutic shoe takes […]
In the present study we are focused on our experience about the use of laser as the most current therapeutic system in the treatment of the onychomycosis as well as the results got through the therapeutic synergy of laser with the antimycotic topical treatment. The onychomycosis is an infectious disease which affects to the nail […]
Most of the ankle, knee, hip and spine lesions are directly related to the gesture which the foot makes. Feet are the support base of all the body and some alteration in them or an insufficient absorption of impacts in the sole of the foot has an effect in all the kinetic chain affecting to […]
The lymphedema is a unique disease which shows edemas located mainly in arms and legs. The obstruction of lymphatic canals causes this edema and it is usually produced by a lack of the lymphatic system accumulating lymph in the interstitial spaces of the subcutaneous tissue. The lymph is a light liquid carrier of lymphocytes and […]
The experience along all our career has taught us that most of the biomechanical pathologies which the human body shows, require a multidisciplinary exhaustive survey by different medical specialties. It is very important to work as a team in order to be able to make a diagnosis and treatment with a high percentage of success. […]
LETTER OF GRATITUDE FROM JOAN TORRENT, FORMER DEFENSE OF BARÇA TEAM My name is Joan Torrent and I have been a football player of Barça football club. With these words I would like to thank the professionalism of the Institut Català del Peu. The tasks of these professionals are widely acknowledged by sportsmen but not […]
