Frozen Shoulder Frozen shoulder is a disorder where the shoulder capsule and connective tissues surrounding the shoulder joint becomes stiff and thickened. This restricts motion and often causes chronic pain. It mainly affects people ages 40 – 60. It is also more commonly found in women than men, people with diabetes and may be associated …
Working out whether orthotics for children are needed for your little champion can be really tough for a parent. In this article I’ll be taking you through what we podiatrists consider before prescribing a custom foot orthotic for kids feet. Does Your Child Need Custom Orthotics? Great question, to which the answer most of the …
With so many different treatments for tennis elbow, one of the most common types of elbow pain if can be hard to know what is best for you. I’ve done the research to bring you the most up to date advice. If you’ve got tennis elbow, this ones for you. What Is Tennis Elbow? Tennis …
What is Sever’s disease? Firstly, it’s not a disease! Sever’s disease is the much more common, antiquated and dare we say it, outdated nomenclature for calcaneal apophysitis. An injury that affects many growing young kids every single day.You see the heel bone called the calcaneus has a soft growth plate that runs through it near …
It’s no secret that in the medical and allied health industry, the podiatry profession tends to fly under the radar. On so many occasions I’ve been treating a patient’s heel pain, only for them to tell me that their next stop is the pedicurist to have their nails trimmed. Or conversely, I’ve been debriding some …
Foot Pain. Who you gonna call? Your podiatrist or your physio? For most of us, getting foot pain is a part of life. Sometimes we know why – yes, those heels were worth it. Other times we don’t, it can seem so random, so sporadic, and oh so painful. It might be just a little …
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Bunions – The word itself strikes fear into me as a podiatrist of 10+ years. Bunion is such a loaded term. I’ve had family members wave their feet in front of me asking about their bunions. Then there are the thousands of clients claiming they have bunions. I’ve read more research articles on the topic …
Look away if you’re squeamish – we’re talking fungal nails After over 10 years in podiatry, one of the most common questions I get asked is “what do you think of this toenail? Is this fungal?” Yes, this question is usually asked clinically but there’s still plenty of people who, as soon as they find …
As an experienced physiotherapist the one question that I get asked most frequently by clients with low back pain is: “Do I need Imaging for my low back pain?” As any good health professional knows when asked a question we almost always counter with another. With this in mind I like to ask them back: …
