The Institut Català del Peu has signed a contract with the Santboiana Football Club in order to look after the team members’ health. The signing of the agreement took place a few days ago, between the representatives of both entities, Mr. Ramon Andreu (Chairman of Santboiana Football Club) and Mr. Miquel Angel Baños (Manager of […]
Scar is a permanent dermic disturbance as a consequence of a lesion and its repair. It is made of fibrous tissue which replaces the loss of tissue and which joins injured structures. There are four stages in the cicatrisation process: 1- Inflammatory stage. Increase in vascularisation and therefore the platelets, thus helping the closure of […]
Institut Català del Peu has signed an agreement with the ISS Hospitalet Athletics team to treat the athelets’ podiatric problems. The main goal of the Institut Català del Peu is to prevent certain injuries through check ups of the biomechanics of the sport. Our aim is for them to break records and improve their posture.
“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 […]
