You need both pain and sleep to survive. Pain is a signal of bodily harm that motivates you to do something about it. You sleep to maintain homeostasis and optimise all bodily functions. Pain can influence sleep, and sleep can influence pain. Can you recall the time when back pain or arthritic pain kept you …
Musculoskeletal physiotherapist Naveena runs you through a sedentary lifestyle test where you can find out if you’re moving enough. From there, the next steps are up to you. Quite literally. The treatment for a sedentary lifestyle is to get out and get moving. If you’re around in Pascoe Vale our Exercise Physiologists are experts in …
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Our podiatry team has recorded this video for you if you have found out that your feet are of high risk of diabetes foot problems. We’ll take you through your results and what they mean for you. Also, we’ll talk about how to keep looking after your feet so they’ll look after you. If videos …
Our podiatry team has recorded this video for you if you have found out that your feet are of moderate risk of diabetes foot problems. We’ll take you through your results and what they mean for you. Also, we’ll talk about how to keep looking after your feet so they’ll look after you. If videos …
Our podiatry team has recorded this video for you if you have found out that your feet are of low risk of diabetes foot problems. We’ll take you through your results and what they mean for you. Also, we’ll talk about how to keep looking after your feet so they’ll look after you. If videos …
We were on holiday. Walking around the concrete jungle of NYC when my partner’s heel blew up. There was this incredible sharp pain every step from where her heel rubbed against the back of her shoe. “You’ve got retrocalcaneal bursitis” I helpfully offered as a diagnosis, “we’ll need to get some different shoes”. Well, turns …
Baxter’s nerve entrapment is the middle child of plantar heel pain. So often overlooked and missed as a diagnosis because everyone’s paying attention to the other siblings plantar fasciitis and achilles tendonitis. For many people with heel pain they only hear about a diagnosis of Baxter’s nerve entrapment after spending months and months treating their …
While it’s hardly a daily occurrence for a calcaneal stress fracture to walk through this podiatrists door, they’re still common enough to cause plenty of people trouble. What is a Calcaneal Stress Fracture A calcaneal stress fracture is a relatively uncommon type of heel pain. The fact that it doesn’t happen as often as other …
Achilles tendonitis is one of the more common forms of heel pain. In this post you’ll find all the information our podiatrists and physiotherapists use to teach and treat achilles tendon pain. What is Achilles Tendonitis Achilles tendonitis is the old fashioned term for a painful problem around the achilles tendon. In these modern times …
If I had to chose what my favourite all time injury to treat in clinic was, it would be a heel fat pad injury. It’s one of the most misunderstood, misdiagnosed and yet rewarding problems to help solve. Let me take you through why. What is a Heel Fat Pad Injury A heel fat pad …
Diabetes Type 2 Symptoms and Early Warning Signs Diabetes type 2 symptoms and warning signs are vital to know. Not just for those of us who have a diagnosis of diabetes. People at risk of type 2 diabetes (that’s pretty much every male in Australia over 50!) should know the symptoms to get onto early …
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Tendonitis: How to Treat and Heal Tendons Our team or podiatrists and physiotherapists have seen our fair share of tendonitis cases over the years. In this post we’ll take you through tendonitis in detail. If you’re suffering with tendonitis or tendon pain you can book in with our team here What Actually Is Tendonitis? Tendonitis …
