October is Foot Health Month and the theme is Walk Well, Work Well. To get you all thinking about your feet and walking well here is a little challenge for you! There is going to be so many freebies up for grabs – shoes, socks, drink bottles, Border Podiatry Centre merchandise, an e-book at the end of the challenge and one lucky person will win the SUPER BONUS SECRET PRIZE.

If you choose to accept – beg, borrow or steal (don’t really steal but you get the idea) a pedometer and track how many steps your poor little feet take each day! Its that easy! We are aiming for 10,000 steps each day.

Lately, for some reason or another, there seems to be a stream of people coming in to the clinic concerned about their orthotics, both new and old clients. Clients who have purchased their orthotics from our clinic and orthotics from other clinics.

The pressure was on. My boss came to me and wanted me to dry needle her leg. She experienced pain in her left inner thigh that was worse when she used to run. She enjoyed running but was finding she didn’t want to do it as much because of her leg pain. My boss had her stretching and strengthening regime down to a fine art and was doing everything right with her footwear and orthotics. The next stage for her was acupuncture and dry needling.

If you are blister prone and if you currently have a blister then this is for you.

This is not going to be about blister prevention or what causes blisters, it will be assumed you know all that. This is about treating blisters.

Today we continue with our theme on common complaints seen in children. Children’s hips, legs and feet change position as they grow and develop and it’s important to know what’s normal for each age group and what’s not.

Knock knees is the position where a child’s knees touch together when standing straight but their ankles don’t.

As a parent of young children it is important to know about the position commonly known as ‘W-sitting’. It occurs when a child is sitting on the floor on their bottom, their knees pointing forward with their legs angled outward so that when looking from above is looks like the legs are forming a ‘W’ shape.

When my rapidly growing 11 year old son came to me complaining of heel pain being a Podiatrist I knew exactly what to. I knew exactly what he had to do. I see this everyday. I treat Severs disease everyday. There was a problem though – he didn’t want to do what he had to do. I soon realized how stubborn 11 year olds can be.

My boy loves to play football. Aussie rules. He would play it all day every day if he could.

Has your child been complaining of heel pain during and after running and playing sports? Are you concerned they are not keeping up with their friends? Has your child recently had a growth spurt? Then this has been written for you and your child.

It’s possible they are suffering from symptoms of Severs disease but don’t worry, we see a lot of this and we are the experts at getting them back on track fast and we are here to help!

Do you get heel pain when first getting out of bed in the morning? You know, that tight stabbing pain right under the heel? Are you tired of suffering through those first painful steps to start your day? We know exactly what you are talking about and we are here to help you!

If you suffer any form of heel pain be it under the heel, the back of the heel, or starting at the back of the heel and moving up the back of the leg then this is for you! What is it holding you back from? How is it affecting your life?

Pain with your first step of a morning, pain in the back of your heel that goes into your Achilles tendon after walking or running, or your child can’t participate in sport because their heel hurts that you think are just growing pains, then keep reading. (By the way, it shouldn’t hurt to grow!)