5 Essential Things to Check with Your Shoes for Optimal Foot Health
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10M ago
Finding the perfect pair of shoes goes beyond just aesthetics and comfort. Your shoes play a crucial role in supporting your feet and maintaining overall foot health. Neglecting to assess certain aspects of your footwear can lead to various foot problems, discomfort, and even injury. In this blog post, we'll explore five important things to check with your shoes to ensure they are providing the best support and protection for your feet. 1. Proper Fit The first and most crucial aspect of shoe selection is finding the right fit. Ill-fitting shoes can cause a range of issues, including blisters ..read more
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The Room With Care
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4y ago
​For all things related to the foot and ankle, The Podiatry Room has you covered. From ingrown toenails to foot and leg pain and fungal nails, we offer a diverse range of services tailored to your requirements. With due care and attention given to each and every patient of ours, we assess your needs, diagnose what the matter is and treat a range of conditions. We can rehabilitate your foot or ankle, manage your diabetic foot, provide orthotics and footwear advice and take care of your child’s lower limb. Our expertise is exceptional as is our premium-quality service to our clientele. The team ..read more
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5 tips for women who wear heels
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4y ago
We can help! Click to Call Wearing high heels is often an expectation in the corporate field and other careers the like. For this reason, we have decided to provide 5 ways in which you can address the challenges and problems that come with wearing high heels on a daily basis. We understand that wearing high heels on a regular basis is not something that you can simply “stop doing”. Hence, our decision to focus on strengthening and conditioning your lower limb (from the hips down) for the demanding environment it is put through on a day-to-day basis. If you can’t change it, adapt ..read more
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The Infamous Ingrown Toenail
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4y ago
We can help! click to call Ingrown toenails. The infamous cause of toe pain for many individuals! The culprit behind it all (pain, swelling, redness, infection) is the nail itself!  What is it?   It is when your toenail grows into your skin, usually an area that we refer to as the lateral sulcus or lateral nail fold (Image bellow). This area becomes red, hot and swollen due to infection and irritation in the area. How does it happen?   An ingrown toenail is initiated when the nail grows into the skin and creates an opening. This becomes a wound prone to inf ..read more
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Achilles Tendinopathy
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4y ago
​We can help! Click to call Achilles tendinopathy is a common overuse injury affecting both athletes and the general population, leading to symptoms of pain, swelling and stiffness. The Achilles tendon originates from the calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus) and inserts into the heel bone of the foot. (refer to image below).  Overuse can cause damage to the tendon, which may ultimately lead to pain and stiffness. There are many factors that can lead to degeneration of the tendon, including anatomical/biomechanical abnormalities, as well as external factors, such as poor training meth ..read more
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Heel pain aka Plantar fasciitis
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4y ago
We can help! Click to call Plantar fasciitis often presents as pain in the bottom of the heel. The plantar fascia is a band like structure that runs along the plantar (bottom) aspect on your foot. From your heel to your toes (refer to image). This structure can become painful due to local inflammation. This causes the plantar fascia to become thickened in size, which can be confirmed by ultrasound in most (but not all) cases. Tight calves are commonly associated with plantar fasciitis as it contributes to  tightness along the band. ​ In most cases, it is painful in the mornings when ge ..read more
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The Room With Care
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5y ago
​For all things related to the foot and ankle, The Podiatry Room has you covered. From ingrown toenails to foot and leg pain and fungal nails, we offer a diverse range of services tailored to your requirements. With due care and attention given to each and every patient of ours, we assess your needs, diagnose what the matter is and treat a range of conditions. We can rehabilitate your foot or ankle, manage your diabetic foot, provide orthotics and footwear advice and take care of your child’s lower limb. Our expertise is exceptional as is our premium-quality service to our clientele. The team ..read more
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‘Hop On n Hop Off’ With Hunter Hopper
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5y ago
If you’re planning on travelling out to experience all the beauty that the Hunter Valley has to offer, why not try a ‘hop on n hop off’ service with Hunter Hopper. Hunter Valley wine tours are a brilliant way to spend a day exploring the fabulous wineries that the Hunter Valley is well-known for as well as restaurants and attractions. Hunter Hopper offers a service where you can hop and hop off where you would like to whet your palate or try a local restaurant’s food. We are efficient and professional, transporting you throughout the region and we can cater for small or large groups; our team ..read more
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