Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Problems”
Can Physio Help with a Tension Headache Caused by Neck Pain? Yes. So, how does a physio help with headaches caused by neck pain? Great question! One we get asked all the time at PridePlus Health as there are many of us suffering with headaches which are actually neck aches that radiate symptoms into our heads. …
Heel Spur Treatment: How Do you Get Rid of a Heel Spur? Here’s a clinical interaction that happens every single week for the expert podiatrists working at PridePlus Health. Client: “Help me. I’ve just come from the doctor who has told me I have a heel spur. Look at this X-ray, isn’t it just the worst? What will …
The Difference Between Foot Corns & Foot Calluses For years many people have thought that developing painful foot corns or foot callus was just a part of the ageing process. That little lumps and bumps of thickened yellow-ish skin would eventually just pop up and require some love and attention. Well, this is not exactly the case and with …
What are the Causes of Sesamoiditis? Sesamoiditis is the irritation and often inflammation of the sesamoid bones which sit under the big toe joint in the foot. Our big toe joint is known as the 1st meta-tarso-phalangeal joint or 1st MTPJ for short. It is also one of the hardest working joints in our body with up to 8 x …
What is Causing Pain in the Ball of my Foot? Pain in the ball of the foot is one of the leading presentations to our Podiatrists at PridePlus Health. When you consider the amount of work that the ball of the foot does every single step, it’s no surprise that there can sometimes be problems. Our feet are often …
Real Talk Heel Talk It’s monday morning, the alarm is going off and the last thing you want to be doing is getting up and going to work. If you’re like me then you have a love-hate relationship with mornings. As soon as I’m up mornings are the most productive part of my day, but that first step can be …
Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Like many fans of basketball and the NBA I’ve been absolutely floored by the wild start to the 2017 number 1 draft pick out of Washington, Markelle Fultz’s NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers. For casual Australian basketball fans, the 76ers have become the defacto expat Aussie team with star Ben Simmons running the point, …
Sweat, sweat, sweat Trivia buffs, name the sweatiest part of the body? Probably not that hard to guess. Feet. Try this: how many sweat glands are there in the feet? 100? 200? Keep guessing! What is sweat? Sweat is mostly water, but contains some salts and also ammonia and urea, which are produced by the body when it breaks …
