After you were fitted with your orthotics, your Podiatrist would have organised an initial orthotic review visit. This visit would have been organised approximately two to four weeks after your initial orthotic fitting to check that your orthotics were fitting well, feeling comfortable, and you were noticing an improvement with their wear.
While this review is essential, it’s just as important to have an annual review of your orthotics, too.
Netball is the most popular female sport in Australia, with both women and children participating in the high-intensity, fast-paced game. With every quick sprint, dodge, ball intercept or ‘break’, comes the potential for injury.
With the new school year just around the corner, it’s fantastic to see the kids decorating their school books, getting their bags and uniforms ready and getting excited about what classes they’ll be in. But what about their feet?
Having the right gear and care for their feet is an easy and simple way to help your child get the best start to the school year! Two healthy feet can keep your student feeling comfortable, out of pain, able to run and play with their friends, and not miss out on school activities and sports.
To help, My FootDr has put together our top 5 ways to start this school year on the right foot!
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Knowing whether you’ve just been more active over the last few days, it’s that new pair of shoes, it’s the weather – or if something more serious underpinning the foot pain you’re experiencing can be very hard.
Many Australians put up with foot pain daily, hoping that the pain will disappear on its own, and trialling simple lifestyle changes with no improvement.
With the growing popularity of barefoot running shoes and our love as a nation for hitting our beautiful beaches when the sun is out, there’s one question that we often get asked as podiatrists: is barefoot walking bad for our feet?
If heel pain is impacting how you move, how you feel, and how you live, then it’s time to get help from My FootDr.
Heel pain, often caused by plantar fasciitis, is a common condition that can cause severe pain at the bottom and inside of the heel. This pain may radiate up into the arch, and indicates that there is some damage to, and subsequent inflammation of, the long band of tissue under the foot known as the plantar fascia.
While for some, the thought of coming home, taking off your shoes and socks and putting your feet up after a long day feels like bliss, many Australians opt to keep their feet hidden because of peeling skin on the bottoms of their feet.
As “I don’t know why my feet do that, they’re always peeling” is a sentence we hear often in our podiatry clinics, today we thought we’d share our four most common causes of peeling feet – and what you can do to remedy the problem.
Get your kids moving with these fun and energy-busting physical activities.
The aim of the game is to listen carefully. The kids only perform the activities when you say ‘Yeti Says’ first. If you don’t say ‘Yeti Says’ first and they do the activity, then they have to do 5 burpees! You decide when or if you say ‘Yeti Says’. Download the instructions below.
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Your child’s school shoes will help them put their best foot forward for the new 2021 school year! So don’t take chances – follow this handy guide to help choose the best shoes for your kids.
Hi, I’m Matthew! I look forward to aiding you with any foot and ankle problems you may have. Having had my chronic foot pain treated successfully by a podiatrist as a child, I understand the impact that pain can have on a person’s general well-being, and the positive impact that podiatry can have on people’s lives.
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