Growing Pains and Growth Checks
Why do growing pains “osteochondritis dissecans” occur? Your child’s body is rapidly changing throughout their development. Although growth is usually steady and consistent, occasionally children go through rapid periods of change within their bodies or within their chosen sport or school activity. Skeletal growth often called “growth spurts” and muscular tightness are two […]
Flat Feet Check
What is a flat foot and what does it look like? The term flat foot refers to when the arch in the foot is minimal or collapsed to the point where the middle of the foot is touching the ground. Pronation is the term used to describe an in-wards rotation of the heel or […]
Learn to Run Safe
Running Assessment and Video Analysis Prior to planning for a fun run or an event, it’s essential to equip yourself with knowledge of the correct running technique. The poor technique we know can result in adverse effects on your body due to doing hundreds of repetitions otherwise known as strides every time you run. […]
Pre and Post Pregnancy
Prenatal It’s vital as your body changes during pregnancy to pay special attention to your feet. This is because your feet will have to cope with increased pressures, a decrease in stability as well as the development of laxity within your joints. Things you can do to assist during this period of time […]
Surgery vs Non Surgery Assessment
Although we advocate for non-invasive, conservative and holistic treatment options, there are cases where surgery is the best or only option that will assist you with your specific injury or condition. At Melbourne Sports Podiatry, we provide a complete end-to-end service addressing both pre and post-surgical treatment plans to assist you with your injury or condition […]
Long Standing Pain
Chronic or long-standing pain commonly occurs because a person has had a change in their health by a mechanical, physiological or traumatic event. Sometimes the events occur immediately and other times it creeps insidiously upon us over time. As a result, if the problem doesn’t get addressed appropriately by a pain management specialist in the […]
Recently Injured / Recent Injuries
Long gone are the days of just using the RICE protocol for all new injuries. To promote faster healing with inflammation, strains and tears, new techniques have been adopted within sports medicine over the last decade to balance the correct amount of rest with the correct amount of treatment and active recovery. So rather than […]
Steven’s 5 tips on how to make your legs run faster
I have always loved moving fast! Since being a little kid at primary school, all I’ve ever wanted to do was run fast, bowl a cricket ball fast and watch fast cars. But speed itself didn’t just come as I developed and grew older. It came from being around parents, coaches and other athletes that […]
Key concepts with warming up and cooling down
Everyone is different. So what key concepts should you understand about warming up and cooling down when you’re doing your running program
My 3 golden tips for running
My 3 golden tips: 1) Learn how to make your foot a rigid lever whilst running Part 2: My golden tips for running (2/3) My golden tips: 2) Run with a narrow base of gait Part 3: My golden tips for running (3/3) My golden tips: 3) The 5 […]