Shelain Patel

04/02/2025

Great to catch up with Amanda and Naomi at the beautiful Olive Health Clinic in Temple Fortune in North London to discuss physiotherapy and rehabilitation after foot and ankle surgery and injuries.

09/09/2024

🦶 Are you an orthopaedic surgeon or trainee planning for a career in foot and ankle surgery? If so, the Stanmore Foot and Ankle course is for you!

🦶 Spread over three days, it provides a mix of lectures and practicals to cover adult foot and ankle pathology.

🦶 Check out stanmorefootcourse.com for more information.

19/08/2022

Have you got foot or ankle pain whilst running? It could be anything from a tendon inflammation to a stress fracture to a cartilage defect to name just a few conditions.

Each one needs careful and considered management so get the right diagnosis and treatment early on.

08/06/2022

Read my opinion on how Rafael Nadal is just ‘superhuman’ to have won The French Open with Mueller-Weiss disease. The full article is available in The Times Newspaper - June 07, 2022

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-rafael-nadal-won-french-open-with-asleep-foot-kfxdntpfq

21/05/2022

Patient: ‘What can I do to get this ankle injury better quickly?’
Me: ‘Follow the rehab and give it time’
Patient: ‘But I need it better now!’

Foot and ankle injuries and surgeries take time to recover from. You’ll always see people posting on social media about how quickly they healed. If it were always that easy, we would never need doctors, physiotherapists, nurses and other health professionals.

Think positive, follow the rehab advice and give it time.

19/05/2022

Tip 4 of 5 for rehab after your foot or ankle injury or surgery - get the right footwear! Don’t forget that wearing the right shoes helps you recover. Make sure they’re the right size, not worn out and support your foot shape appropriately.

18/05/2022

Tip 3 of 5 on how to rehab from your foot or ankle injury or surgery! Work on building up strength. If you have weakness, the support tissues have to work harder.

07/05/2022

07/05/2022