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Here at Waikato Podiatry we specialise in sports care “Waikato podiatry has been a long time important member of my medical team, I recommend them to my team mates and to you.” Laura Langman – New Zealand Netballer Computerised Video Gait Analysis This helps to pick up gait problems which…

The arrangement of the bones, intrinsic muscles of the foot, extrinsic foot muscles in the leg and presence of powerful ligaments all work together to maintain a strong, stable foundation. Weaknesses in the structures maintaining foot integrity can result in problems such as fallen arches. Hypomobility = stiff and inflexible,…

Orthotics + Correct Shoe Fit = Exercise Ability + Weight LossWe receive a lot of information about eating healthily and exercising to achieve sustainable weight loss and good health, but what if your exercise ability is hindered because of hip, knee, ankle and/or foot problems? It is often assumed that…

Don’t allow diabetes and its foot related problems to immobilise you!   WAIKATO PODIATRY CAN HELP YOU   Diabetes is a big problem in New Zealand as well as around the world! Type I: Auto-immune, abrupt symptomatic onset Type II: 85-90% of NZ diabetes – slow onset, often with obesity…

Gout affects 14% of Pacific Island men and around 5% of European men. It is more frequent in people with diabetes. We may be in the midst of the third great gout epidemic of western civilisation. The first epidemic occurred in the Roman Empire, the second at the height of…