Creaky Knees and Running – Mythbusters!

creaky knees

  At Waikato Podiatry, we often hear concerns about knee pain, creaky knees, and the fear that running might damage the joints — particularly the knees. It’s a common belief that running causes arthritis. However, recent research suggests that this isn’t necessarily true. In fact, a publication in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has…

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Diafactory Kit

diafactory kit

Andrew here from Waikato Podiatry Clinic. If I had to think back on 20 years of podiatry and think about one of the most significant advances in podiatry, it would have to be probably this diafactory kit here. Diafactory Kit So this diafactory kit is an in clinic sample test that we’re able to run…

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Managing Toe Infections

Today what we’re going to do is we’re going to have a look at and talk about some infections. Usually, infections will be secondary to a break in the skin. They can also be inter-digitally or between the toes. But for a case example, what we’re going to use today is an infection secondary to…

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Arch Pain

arch pain

  Today we’re going to talk about the arches of the foot. We often hear mainly about the medial longitudinal arch. This is traditionally what is referred to when people are talking about the arch of their foot. But what is less well known is that we actually have two other arches, we have this…

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