Let’s begin by discussing what an orthotic is. Simply stated, it’s a piece of prescriptive material, or a device placed into your shoe, to help redistribute plantar pressure and aid you in your walking (gait) cycle. It is not something required by everyone (much like...
I’m sure this comes as no surprise. Women are different from men, and even though this is just a generalisation, men usually wear more comfortable and practical footwear in the workplace. Women, unfortunately, especially in some professions, are still pressured to...
Over the past few years, the most common problem seen at ProHealth Podiatry, involving children, would most definitely be heel pain when playing sport, or after participating in other forms of strenuous activity. This condition, often misdiagnosed as a simple growing...
Heal pain is one of the most common and most frequent issues we as podiatrist see. If you have experienced this for yourself, you would be aware of how debilitating this can be! There are so many causes to heel pain, such as Haglund’s deformity, spurs, tendonitis,...
There are a few reasons as to why your toe would hurt. This could include an ingrown toenail, arthritis, sesamoiditis (this is just a fancy word for inflammation of the bones under your ball of the foot inline with the big toe), fractures, gout, bone infections, and...
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