Health

England FA launches ‘The Female Health Hub’

Osteopath, Julia Currington, shares advice on how to bring more mobility into our hips with stretches that can be part of a thorough warm-up before playing walking football.

We spoke to Weleda Wellbeing Advisor and facial reflexologist Jenny Whitfield to find out how to maximise your skincare routine and get the most from your products.

We look at the recent research that is out to prove walking football is not only great fun to play but can also have positive health benefits for perimenopausal and menopausal women.

WF4W Q&A with Foot Health Care Professional Emma Mitchell. We’ve all experienced the pain of blisters at some point, but we’ve spoken to Emma Mitchell to see if there’s a way to reduce the risk of getting blisters when we’re playing walking football. Q1 What causes blisters on the feet? A: Blisters are most often caused by friction, where the skin repeatedly rubs against footwear or socks. For walking footballers, this is especially common due to tight boots, rapid direction

Although walking football is a non-contact sport, injuries to toes can still happen. At some point you might even experience a black toenail. But what is it? Why does it happen? And is there anything we can do to prevent it? We talked to Foot Health Professional, Emma Mitchell to find out more. A black toenail - or to use the medical term, a subungual hematoma - is caused by blood collecting under the nail due to physical trauma. So in walking football, yes this could be caus