Have you ever wanted to start running but been stopped by thoughts such as….. “I am not a runner.” “I have never been a runner.” “I don’t even know where to start.” “I am going to look stupid.” “I don’t want to get injured. “ These are all very common concerns, so we have developed […]
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To understand this we need to have a look at and break down what we call the injury cycle. Very rarely do you just suddenly develop pain unless from an injury like dropping something on your foot or running into something. Normally when we develop pain it is the last part in the injury cycle […]
All to often we put up with pain thinking this is just the way it has to be or that nothing can be done about it. Ignoring pain can be a really dangerous game to play. Living with pain can be a consequence of any number of things, perhaps you received an incorrect diagnosis or […]
We get our children’s teeth checked at a dentist and eyes checked by an optometrist, but have you ever considered checking their feet with a Podiatrist? We often tend to ignore pain in children or write it off as growing pains. Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out what needs attention and what does […]
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 […]
Continuing on with our conversation on plantar warts brings us to the very tricky question of how to get rid of them. In our previous blog we talked about some of the common conservative treatments available. Today we would like to introduce a surgical technique that has been producing awesome results. So just a […]
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 […]