If you suffer from foot and lower limb pain, you know how frustrating it can be to find effective treatment. Whether it’s Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendinitis, ITB Syndrome or Hip Bursitis, traditional therapies like rest, ice, shoe inserts and physical therapy may not always provide the relief you need. That’s where Radial Pressure Wave therapy […]
Finish 2020 with a spring in your step by finding balance:
Change is what you make of it, breeding opportunity and prosperity or despair. As a podiatrist, I have noticed two distinct flavours of social distancing each with their strengths and pitfalls. On one end of the spectrum, are those people who have used the lack of social gathering to exercise even more than they usually […]
Exercise Prescription
At Fix podiatry, we can assess your gait and function to determine areas of weakness that could be strengthened to improve function or reduce pain. Exercise prescription is an important aspect of any rehabilitation program following an injury. Although it may not be painful anymore, the area and surrounding muscles will still be weakened. We […]
Video Gait analysis
Leg Length Discrepancies
No one’s body is perfectly symmetrical. For example, most people will have one foot slightly bigger than the other. Likewise, many people have legs that are slightly different lengths. While sometimes the length of the leg bones is different between legs, sometimes the actual length of the leg is equal, but one leg may function […]
Dry Needling and Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger points are ‘knots’ in the muscles or fascia in the body. These trigger points are hypersensitive contractures which cause shortening, weakening and tightening of the surrounding muscle This can cause pain at the site, or at a distant location where this compromised structure acts such as at the foot, ankle, knee or hip. Trigger […]
Therapeutic Ultrasound
Therapeutic ultrasound is a pain-free, non-invasive, simple treatment that can help with injury healing and pain reduction. It uses similar technology to the ultrasound that is used when a lady is pregnant to view the baby, only a different frequency that doesn’t produce an image, but rather a therapeutic effect. Therapeutic ultrasound uses high-frequency sound […]
Therapeutic LASER
Therapeutic LASER is also known as ‘cold LASER’ or ‘Low-Level LASER’ therapy. LASER stands for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Because it is such a mouthful, we will always refer to it as LASER. Therapeutic LASER is a useful clinical tool in Podiatry as it helps to reduce pain and promote the […]
Foot and ankle mobilization
Mobilization is recognised and certified by the Australian Podiatry Council. It is a gentle hands-on technique that is often also used by physios. Mobilization is used on stiff or poorly aligned joints or bones to improve the function of the joint and increase the available range of motion. This allows the joint to move more […]
Finch Therapy
Finch therapy is a therapy used to realign the body, specifically the focusing on the pelvis. It is non-invasive and doesn’t involve any mobilization or manipulation of joints. Finch Therapy works by simply identifying an underactive muscle and doing a simple exercise to ‘switch it back on’. When the muscle is switched on, it then […]
