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Healthy Heels: How We Manage Plantar Fasciitis

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are always banging on about how a healthy body is supported by an active life, and you are listening.  In the last few weeks you have decided it’s time to move that body more.  Well done you.  And you are feeling good for it.  Woohoo!!!  But now when you wake up, those first few […]

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Boots – which ones are best for you?

With the winter sport season fast approaching, you boots from last year may have just gotten through to the end of pre-season. You walk into a sports store and see a big wall of boots. Your kids might ask which boots are going to make them run fast or be the best? Whilst you might […]

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Like running on a broken leg – stress fractures

Are you a runner? Have you experienced unusual pain in your foot, knee, hip or even your lower back after taking a long run? Maybe you have noticed that this pain isn’t going away with rest anymore and the area is now getting warm and swollen. Stress fracture – words that no runner wants to […]

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Achilles Pain? Ouch!

We have previously talked about heel or Achilles pain in children known has Sever’s Disease. What about the adult version of Achilles pain? The most common cause of heel pain in adults is Achilles tendinopathy. Unfortunately, no specific population group is immune to developing Achilles tendinopathy. This means that anyone, from avid sportsman / sportswoman […]