Feetball – Don’t Get Injured Due to a Foot and Leg Issue
Synthetic Pitches – Are they bad for us? In this day and age most of our junior and elite football players are training and playing more regularly on synthetic pitches. This raises the question, are we sustaining more injuries from playing on them compared to natural grass? The evidence is inconclusive with many studies showing […]
Read moreFinding Neutral Calcaneal Stance Position (NCSP)
By Dr Abbie Najjarine (podiatrist) In my clinical experience, when heat moulding an orthotic device directly to the patient’s foot, or when taking a weight bearing foam box cast, the Najjarine Biomechanical Assessment (NBA) Anterior Line Method is the best technique to use in finding the patient’s Neutral Calcaneal Stance Position (NCSP). In my opinion, […]
Read moreHeel Pain in Adults – Plantar Fascitis
Heel pain or medically speaking Plantar Fasciitis is a very common complaint mainly under the base of the foot and is experienced by thousands of Australians each day. Treating the cause not the symptoms The most important factor contributing to plantar fasciitis is treating the cause and not the symptoms! This means correcting Mechanical factors […]
Read moreHeel Spurs
Heel spurs are caused by calcium build up in the heel bone of the foot, making the bone extend, sometimes for more than a centimetre. Heel spurs can be the result of over exercising and extension of the plantar fascia muscle on the base of the foot. It is a common condition for professional athletes […]
Read moreLower Limb Issues with Dancers
Turnout from the hip – not the foot or knee! Most dancers aren’t born with the perfect turnout. One of the biggest issues we see and assess is dancers with a high degree of external tibial torsion (out toed), flat feet, bowed legs, knocked knees, stork legs. These genetic pre dispositions put our dancers at […]
Read moreMetatarsalgia (ball of foot pain)
Metatarsalgia is a general term for a painful condition in the metatarsal area or ball of the foot – the area just before the toes. This is a common ailment and mainly located under the 2nd, 3rd and 4th metatarsal heads, or isolated at the first metatarsal head (near the big toe). It can sometimes […]
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