By Tim Foran, East Coast Podiatry Clinic Feels like you’re walking on a pebble — or a sock bunched up under your toes — but there’s nothing there? That’s the classic description of a Morton’s neuroma, and it’s one of the more common causes of forefoot pain we see in clinic. The good news is […]
Sports injuries account for around 1 in 5 of all injuries we see in clinic — and most of them involve the foot, ankle or lower leg. Whether you’re playing weekend touch footy at Empire Park, training for a marathon along Bar Beach, or coaching juniors through winter netball, an injury to the lower limb […]
That toe that won’t lie flat anymore? It’s probably hammertoe — and the earlier you act, the more options you have. In its early stages hammertoe is flexible and very treatable without surgery. Once the joint becomes rigid, options narrow. Most people we see in clinic have lived with it for years before booking, often […]
As winter sport season gets underway across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, one of the most common calls we receive at East Coast Podiatry Clinic is from worried parents: “My child has been complaining about heel pain since football/netball/soccer started — what’s going on?” In most cases, the answer is Sever’s disease — and while the […]
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Rolled your ankle? You’re not alone — ankle sprains are the single most common sports injury in Australia, and one of the most common reasons people see a podiatrist. The trouble is that “just a sprain” is often anything but. Up to 40% of ankle sprains develop into chronic instability when they aren’t rehabbed properly. […]
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