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What is a Pre-Load Stretch? One of the most common features of Plantar Fasciitis is the heel and arch pain you first get out of bed in the morning, it’s a sharp, shooting pain under your heel. In Podiatry, this is what we refer to as “First Step Pain”. It…

Footwear modifications increased Understanding and Improved Patient Outcomes at Waikato Podiatry Clinic; I recently presented on this topic at the Podiatry New Zealand conference and was met with good reception from Podiatrists around this idea.      In more severe cases where the lower limb angles are higher.   Standardised…

Have you ever been in to see the Podiatrist and wondered what some of those machines in the room do? One of them is probably for Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) because of the great pain-relieving effects on musculoskeletal areas. But how did we discover that shockwaves can be healing?  Timeline…

It is Andrew from Waikato Podiatry here, and I have come to talk to you about recurrent ankle sprains. I recently read an article about this subject and it found that 10% of people that have ankle sprains do no proprioceptive rehabilitation, following their ankle sprain. What is Proprioception? Proprioception…