School shoes!  Choosing them can be so confusing and challenging, in particular, when your child becomes old enough to have a say in what gets put on their feet.  We are advocates for making sure that the shoe you are buying matches the foot of the child and sometimes spending a little more on your […]

Hopefully by now you have watched or read a couple of our educational pieces on how to self manage your heel pain when it first appears or when it becomes painful enough to motivate you to do something about it. But what do you do when you have followed all our tips and you are […]

Do you get a pain in the back of the heel every time you run or walk? So many people suffer with this type of pain. While most of us would say that we can work through it, it just does not make doing exercise very fun. So, what is this pain in the back […]

Plantar warts are one of those pesky conditions most of us have had exposure to at some stage in life. “Almost everyone will have a wart (or several) someplace at some time in their lives as they are very common.” Have you ever wondered why you can throw everything at your plantar wart but you […]

For a long time there has been a lot of confusion around cadence when running. For a lot of us we will have heard the magic 180 number tossed around with this being the target we should all hit. Where did this number even come from? Well the magic 180 cadence was an observation made […]

I recently saw the hashtag #bitumenisboring on Instagram and scrolled through some stunning photos of people running in all sorts of beautiful places and being a nature lover myself I had to agree that running on trails, for me, is always such a pleasant experience.  The problem I have is that trails are not that […]

Are you a runner or thinking of starting? Did you know that running posture plays a fundamental role in injury prevention? Having the right posture may reduce overuse injuries of your muscles as well as help you run faster, recover quicker and move more efficiently. Firstly, let’s look at your trunk position or posture. As […]

Do you run for health and fitness but often end up with niggles or worse injured?  Do you have a love hate relationship to exercise with lots of starts and stops in training? This is an important article that could make the world of difference to you. Did you know that the recreational runner has […]

It’s that time of year again where new sports seasons are about to start and our children need new shoes. They may be starting a new sport, have had a massive growth spurt or maybe just entering that next level and want to be more specific in what they want to wear. Either way it […]