Footwear Tips: Right Footwear to Prevent Injuries!!
Choosing the right Footwear We have some patients coming in today who have had some issues with foot-related problems, wooden leg-related problems which have been caused primarily by their footwear. Today I’ll be sharing these tips with you in kind of helping you understand what you should be really looking for because Footwear is one of those things that is really really underestimated and undervalued when we’re looking at preventing injury. We all know about getting over the pain but the reality here is you want to prevent yourself from getting in pain or suffering and problems. I also know …
Wart (Verrucae): Symptoms and Treatment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rainy and windy days, short days and long nights, heaters and red wine, this is winter to me. As a podiatrist though, winter also signals the onslaught of wart cases into the clinic. Whether it is a child who is doing swimming lessons at indoor locations or gym junkies taking their training indoors because of the cold weather, winter seems to be the season of warts. Warts (otherwise known as verrucae) are caused by a viral infection. The virus in question is the human papillomavirus (HPV-1) and this infection causes lesions to form on the skin and quite commonly …
Tib Post Tendinopathy
The tibialis posterior is a muscle that originates from the posterior and medial side of the tibia (shin) and travels via its tendon behind the medial malleolus (inside ankle bone) before attaching to a bone on the inside of the foot called the navicular. The tibialis posterior acts primarily to roll the foot out, and also controls the rate at which the foot rolls in when it contacts the ground. Injuries of this muscle and tendon complex generally occur in and around the tibialis posterior tendon rather than the muscle itself. The tendon of tibialis posterior is progressively loaded …
Plantar Heel Pain Management and Treatment
Plantar heel pain (commonly referred to as “plantar fasciitis”) is defined as pain or discomfort in the bottom of the heel. It is generally characterised in its early stages by pain or discomfort when rising from rest, especially if a lot of time has been spent on the heel during the day. In the case of morning pain, it will generally occur if a big day was had the day before. In its infancy this discomfort seems to settle after a couple of minutes of walking around, however if the problem is left to worsen it can get to a …
Your Butt and Your Gait
As a podiatrist most patients present with a range of foot and lower leg issues. Heel pain, Achilles Tendinopathy, Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, Shin Splints and Patellofemoral Joint Pain are all common presentations to my clinic. Given these injuries and issues affect the foot an lower leg both referrers and patients alike assume that the cause of these issues are located primarily in the foot. This assumption is simply not true. Of those people experiencing those injuries mentioned above the vast majority have issues at the level of the hip and pelvis and in particular the glutes. The gluteal complex …
