LMC FootCare

16/09/2026

You think of smoking as a lungs problem. Your feet are on the list too, and they are near the top.

Every cigarette tightens and narrows the small arteries that carry blood down to your feet. In diabetes those vessels are already working harder than they should. Add smoking and you are squeezing a supply line that your feet depend on to stay healthy and to heal.

Here is the hopeful part, and it is real. Blood flow starts to recover after you stop. The body is quick to take the win. People who stop smoking tend to heal better, keep more feeling and warmth in their feet, and lower the chance of the circulation problems that put feet at risk.

You do not have to do it alone or perfectly. Ask your GP about stopping support, which works far better than willpower on its own. It is the single most powerful thing you can do for the blood supply to your feet.

If quitting helps your feet within weeks, what would one week without smoking do?

10/09/2026

24/07/2026

F.R.E.E. .T.I.M.E. .F.R.I.D.A.Y

This FTF is from a recently disclosed location as my better half wanted to surprise me for my birthday. So after a quick trip to Tyrone, it was Hello to Mayo with the agenda to climb Croagh Patrick tomorrow morning. It may not be Everest but it’s been on my bucket list for a while so I’m looking forward to achieving it.

Saint Patrick may have spent 40 days fasting up the mountain but was it his birthday and did he have a dougies goodies cake waiting for him in the hotel? I highly doubt it but the scriptures are vague.
Some pilgrims will take on the extra challenge of climbing the mountain barefoot. Which means some Podiatrist might have a pop-up clinic at the bottom 👀

Saving souls, healing soles

LMC

29/06/2026

Very privileged to have been asked down to the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics Summer games in Dublin last week before spending the weekend volunteering as part of the Healthy Athlete village. It was great to work alongside esteemed podiatry colleagues and new faces in the FitFeet team, with a lot of craic had with the athletes, their families and other professions. Would highly recommend anyone to get involved with the organisation!

26/06/2026

Free Time Friday has been replaced with Feet Time Friday this week as I have been a busy Ms. Lizzie with house calls from Belfast to Ballygawley (and a little beyond). I’m also a single dog mom this weekend and with a trip down home on the cards, this meant Conan was my Podiatry assistant today. Thankfully he managed the heat well, with plenty of chances to stop and hydrate. He also was welcomed into a lot of homes, receiving plenty of scratches and ham. He even got to meet one of my VIPs- Maggie, who is 101 years young and still able to give me plenty of bad manners! She was for keeping Conan but kicking me out, as were a few others😅I’m considering pimping him out as a therapy dog because ham isn’t cheap and neither is whatever vitamins I’m going to need to keep my knees going to 101. Good family and bad manners seems to work well though.

If you hear any thunder tomorrow it might just be a Hyundai i30 whizzing past, trying to get back up in time for the Tyrone match. Hopefully Kerrygold melts in this heat and the Red Hands aren’t just sunburnt 👀

Tyrone for Sam,
Conan for Ham
LMC for Feet

LMC

12/06/2026

F.R.E.E. .T.I.M.E. .F.R.I.D.A.Y.

This FTF I am 100% off and enjoying myself, taking in the sights and sounds of Benidorm-of which there are many, and few I can actually use in a professional post 😅
After hearing about this place from multiple sources I can agree that it can be as peaceful or as crazy as you want it to be. And great for people watching. I have finished a full book as well as an entire bottle of factor 50, with a half bottle of factor 100 and a 30 spray left. I would say safety in numbers but I still managed to get partially burnt. We did a 10km walk to see La Cruz de Benidorm and then a 2.5km walk to see an Elton John tribute-I can say that both were spiritual experiences.
Looking forward to seeing what the next few days have for us before we head back to the rain.

Freckled and fancy free,
LMC

22/05/2026

No Free Time Friday today as I was working. Got a call if I had any last minute clinic appointments for someone on a short break in Belfast. Told him I charged a King’s ransom- he said that wouldn’t be an issue 🤷🏼‍♀️
Happy Friday!

14/05/2026

I’ll not be available for house calls this weekend as I’ll be catching the first flight to Pennsylvania to slap some sense into Rory.

A ripped toenail caused Rory McIlroy to cut short his practice round before the PGA Championship after just three holes. 🏌️‍♂️ 🥴

03/05/2026

Good luck to everyone running the Belfast marathon today especially The FTD Brothers - Jordan Adams who have been smashing their 33 marathons in 33 days challenge for dementia awareness!

01/05/2026

.F.R.E.E. .T.I.M.E. .F.R.I.D.A.Y.

It’s insane we are in May already but did someone say “bank holiday weekend”? 👀

After trying to paint a ceiling this week and turning myself into the Michelin Man, I am heading to a friend’s Hen Party in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Not sure if it’s the same one your Da sells but apparently a well known fact about this place is that Shakespeare was from here. More importantly, and something only brought to my attention last night, it is also where The Teletubbies are from! However due to ongoing trespassing, the owner of the famous landscape flooded it. Maybe this is what my swimming lessons have all been for?
So I’m away in the wee Aer lingus tin can plane that fits about 20 people and has the engine of a fiat 500. Thankfully the good weather has lasted so no strong winds will be sending us off course to Scotland.*touchwood*
Looking forward to catching up with the Gals, the Bard and hopefully not getting barred in the process.

To be or not to be,
LMC