Preparing Your Feet For Oxfam
With the start of Oxfam upon us this weekend, it is important to make sure that your feet are ready for your 100km journey. In the lead up with your training you should have already trialed and tested numerous walking shoes that will be able to carry you through-out your journey to ensure you avoid […]
When Do You Need To Replace Your Shoes?
Imagine This Scenario You have just started to train for a marathon. Your first few months of training have been going quite well up until last night when you started to experience pain in your feet and knees. You have never experienced an injury before this first occurrence, which makes you wonder, why now? You […]
How Do Compression Stockings Help On Long Plane Trips?
As it is starting to get cold here in Melbourne, a lot of people are deciding to travel to the other side of the world to escape the cold weather. This means sitting on a plane for a longer period of time, and this can cause a few things to occur. The blood vessels in […]
7 Ways To Avoid Smelly Feet
Do you ever notice that your feet become sweaty and smelly especially in summer or after playing sports? Due to your feet having the largest amount of sweat glands in the body it’s no wonder that your feet smell. Your sweat glands release moisture, which over time becomes a warm environment that often leads to […]
Will I Get Stress Fractures From Running?
Running is a great form of exercise but is a high impact physical activity and stress fractures can occur due to this BUT it is not the case for all runners. Stress fractures are small cracks in the bone caused by repetitive stress or force. Some causes of stress fractures are; poor bio-mechanics, over-training, doing […]
Why I Think It Is Important To Wear A Good Running Shoe For Exercise
Most people wear runners for their physical activity, and can wear these runners for too long without updating the shoe for long periods such as 2+ years. This can cause injury as the technology in the shoe wears down with wear and stops being effective. It is important to update your running shoes every 700-800kms, including walking and all activity […]
Daily Foot Care
Our feet are one of the most important parts of the body, and often, are one of the most neglected. Daily care is often over looked in our busy lives however, looking after our feet is not as hard as it may appear. Here are a few essential ways you can care for your feet. […]
Why Podiatrists Tell You to Dry Between Your Toes?
Have you grown up with your parents telling you to dry between your toes or has your podiatrist advised you to make sure you dry between your toes after showering? Have you wondered why? The reason is this. It is important to dry between your toes or not apply cream between your toes due to […]
Why Do Women Commonly Have More Foot Problems Than Men?
Women more commonly present to the Podiatry clinic with foot concerns than men. Some factors that can predispose women to this are footwear and attending nail salons for pedicures. Footwear: Women’s fashion footwear in the current market provides little to no support for foot function. They are often ill fitting and place a higher level […]
10 Tips to Prevent Running Injuries
To perform at your best you need to be training at your best. It is important while running that you avoid injuries from occurring. More often than not, runners don’t understand why they continuously develop running injuries. I’ve provided you with 10 simple tips to make sure your next run is injury free. 1. […]