Heel pain is the most typical musculoskeletal trouble seen by podiatrists. The most typical reason for that heel pain is a condition called plantar fasciitis. The issue with it being so common is that every person is an expert on it and also everybody has there very own magic treatment for it that they believe …. Read More
Peroneal tendonitis was one of those conditions I never used to like seeing as my success rate in treating it was typically pretty poor. Most cases seemed to have a “overpronated” foot, so what did one used to do with feet like that: foot orthotics to fix the “overpronation”! And then wonder why they were …. Read More
I so bored writing about this, but the message is still not getting through. I always use the word ‘overpronation’ in inverted commas to signify acknowledgement of all the issues with the word. I first wrote about “overpronation” at length on my running blog. I still get annoyed at all the nonsense the goes on …. Read More
Patients ask this all the time. Probably on a daily basis in most podiatry clinics. I have written about corns and roots on our clinic website to send patient’s to so that they really do understand the problem and the reason that foot corns return is due to the cause still being there and not …. Read More
The bunion corrector images you see online look too good to be true, but do they help? This gets asked a lot in forums and patients often ask us. Of course the pictures make it look as though they work and those that sell the product want to convince you that they work. As I …. Read More
These Archie’s Arch Support Thongs have been getting a lot of attention in Australia. I have already blogged about why they are called thongs in Australia and flip flops in the rest of the world. We sell them in the clinic and they sell well. Pretty much anyone who tries them on, buys them. I …. Read More
The supination resistance test is something I started teaching in my clinical biomechanics boot camps since for so long that I can not even remember how long ago it was! It still surprises me how many people are not familiar with it. I blogged about it extensively on my running blog back in 2013. There …. Read More
First it was metatarsalgia, then capsulitis, then predislocation syndrome, then plantar plate dysfunction and now its a plantar plate tear! I have always had an intriguing interest in this evolving condition and how its name change reflected how often it was recognized clinically. I have taken on a role as Brand Ambassador for the FixToe …. Read More
Firstly, there are lots of issues going on regarding terminology of Sever’s disease versus calcaneal apophysitis. Yes, it probably should be called calcaneal apophysitis as its not a disease and its no longer appropriate to name conditions after people. I agree, but the problem is that when you look at the search engine keyword tools, …. Read More
Chilblains have always intrigued me. There are so many unanswered questions and unknowns about something that is a really common problem. The lack of evidence supporting different interventions has led to a lot of different suggestions based on anecdotes, many of which I fail to see how they would or could work. Chilblains are a …. Read More