There are countless conditions that can affect your feet, and often these issues are related to fungal infections - but not always. New shoes might be causing blisters on your feet, or you may be nervous about sandal season because you have hardened skin. From pampering to more urgent treatments, your pharmacist is stocked and trained to help you find the right solution for your foot-related woes.

The pressure of normal activity - just going about your day - can leave your feet suffering from dry skin and cracked heels, or corns, calluses and blisters as a result of friction. Feet are susceptible to skin infections like verrucas and warts, as well as fungal nail infections and athlete’s foot - these can be uncomfortable, painful, and many people feel embarrassed to discuss them. Your local pharmacy may have a private consultation room available, in which your pharmacist can take a look at your feet and identify the problem, and the best solution for dealing with it. Your community pharmacy team have trained to know a broad range of conditions and treatments, and will be able to provide advice to help you maintain good foot hygiene.

Footcare hasn’t always been at the top of the priority list for pharmacists, but after a series of evening training seminars looking at foot care in pharmacy, there are now RPS-accredited footcare training modules available for pharmacy teams, designed to help pharmacists understand foot health and help customers find the right solution - so your feet are in good hands.

If you have a good idea of what the problem is already, and don’t want to have a consultation with your pharmacist, you can simply pop into your local pharmacy and pick up the products from the shelf, where you’ll find everything you need. At your community pharmacy, you’ll find blister plasters, bunion pads and corn plasters, wart removal products and other treatments for common problems like athlete’s foot.

If you suffer from foot pain, but there are no visible symptoms of fungal infections or ingrown toenails, your pharmacist can help you discover the range of comfort-related problems designed to make those 100,000 miles a little more comfortable. With insoles, orthotics and hosiery available at many community pharmacists, you’ll be walking with ease in no time.

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Visit your local pharmacy team to give your feet the TLC they’ve been needing - from pampering to treatments and comfort products, you’ll find experts in foot care at your community pharmacy.