Ingrown toenails are one of the most common foot problems we treat at Adelaide Podiatry Centres. They can start as mild discomfort but quickly become painful, swollen and difficult to ignore. For many people, the most frustrating part isn’t the first ingrown toenail....
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Why Corns and Calluses Keep Coming Back
Why Corns and Calluses Keep Coming Back and How Orthotics Can Help Corns and calluses are very common foot problems. Many people manage them at home by filing the skin or using over-the-counter products. While this may improve the appearance temporarily, the thickened...
Summer Shoes, Calluses and Blisters: How to Protect Your Feet in Warm Weather
Summer footwear is designed for comfort and airflow — but it often lacks support. Thongs, slides and flimsy slippers may feel easy to wear, yet they are one of the most common causes of calluses, blisters and foot pain we see at Adelaide Podiatry Centres during warmer...
From Young to Old: How Custom Orthotics Support Every Step of Life
Foot health matters at every stage of life — from energetic kids finding their balance to active adults and older people wanting to stay mobile and pain-free.At Adelaide Podiatry Centres, we see how custom orthotics, when combined with good footwear, exercise and...
Are Custom Orthotics Worth It? Here’s What You Should Know
If you're experiencing persistent foot, ankle, or lower limb discomfort, you may have been told to consider custom orthotics. But what exactly are they, and are they worth it? Let’s break it down so you can make an informed decision. What Are Custom Orthotics? Custom...
How to Treat Warts Quick and Effectively
Warts are common skin growths caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). While they are usually harmless, warts can be unsightly and sometimes painful, especially when found on the feet. If you're looking for an effective, non-surgical solution to treat warts, Adelaide...
Hip Pain – Are Feet the Cause?
Understanding the Link Between Foot Mechanics and Hip Pain Many people don’t know that the way their feet work can affect their hips. Poor foot function can cause misalignment in the body. This can lead to chronic hip pain. If not treated, the problem may get worse...
Can Your Feet Be the Cause of Your Back Pain?
Could Your Feet Be Causing Your Back Pain? Back pain is a common complaint that affects millions of people worldwide. It can range from mild discomfort to debilitating pain, and while many people associate it with poor posture or muscle strain, the cause might be...
A Day in the Life of Plantar Fasciitis
Embark on 'A Day in the Life of Plantar Fasciitis' journey with us! 🌅👣 Follow along as we unravel the secrets to relief and...
What is a corn and how do they occur?
Are Fungal Nail Infections Contagious?
Discover the truth about fungal nail infections in this informative video from Adelaide Fungal Nail Clinic. Learn whether they're...
The Best Podiatrist in Adelaide
For the last few years, our podiatrist and founder of Adelaide Podiatry Centres, William Kuang has been voted as one of the 3 best podiatrists in Adelaide on Three Best Rated. What does it take to be one of the top podiatrists in Adelaide? Three Best Rated base their...
Starting a walking program since you can’t go to a gym anymore
Facebook Live 24 March 2020
The viscous cycle of heel pain and not being able to lose weight
Facebook Live 25 February 2020 Vicious cycle of heel pain Very often in the clinic we see patients with heel pain who are also wanting to lose weight. Many of these patients struggle to be able to do both of these at the same time. If they are unable to exercise they...
Why recovery is the most under rated part of training
Facebook Live 18 February 2020 Recovering is an underrated component to progressing further in your training. When we train or exercise, we are depleting our bodies of its energy reserves and creating micro-traumas within the tissue so ultimately, we'll be emerging...
Brooks Glycerin
Facebook Live 13 February 2020 The Brooks Glycerin is a neutral running shoe which uses a variety of features to enhance the feeling underfoot when walking and/ or running. Firstly what is a neutral shoe? A neutral shoe, has one single density material which means it...
Do Foot Sleeves and Compression Socks help your Heel and Achilles Pain
Facebook Live 6 February 2020The FS6 Sock has been having a few mixed reviews at our clinic but we can all agree that it sometimes is the missing link to getting your heel pain issues fixed. Usually most heel pain cases are prevented with supportive footwear and some...
Why has my heel pain just emerged in my 40’s and 50’s
Facebook Live 30th January 2020 Why is heel pain more common in your 40's and 50's? Heel pain can affect all age groups and isn't reserved for a particular bracket. The main factor taken into account is the level of activity. In the young adult age bracket of 20-34,...
Children’s Heel Pain
Facebook Live 23rd January 2020 One common cause of heel pain in children is known as "severs" or calcaneal apophysitis. This injury is caused by an inflammation of the growth plate that sits at the back of the heel bone. In children this is largely caused by their...
School shoe tips!
Facebook Live 16th January 2020 It is that time of year again when its back to school. Its crucial to get your kids fitted into the correct shoes that they will be wearing everyday. Here a a few tips to remember 1- Get the shoes fitted correctly. Our guide is make...
New Years Fitness Resolutions gone wrong; Going to hard to early
Facebook Live 7th January 2020 This time of the year people try to take control of their life and do something they’ve wanted to do for a while with their exercises; get fit, start to exercise more, get on top of their diet. We also find that after a couple of weeks,...
Why running quietly is important!
Facebook Live 17th December 2019 Our tip for today is run quieter and lighter. Some of you may recall Newton's 3rd law of motion: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If we apply this to running for example, the harder we hit the ground, the more vertical...
How cycling may actually hurt your knees
Facebook Live 13th December 2019 Cycling and could it be potentially bad for your knees? Cycling is a low impact activity to stay fit and used as an alternative to running to reduce the impact on your shins and feet. Although there isn't much vertical ground reaction...
Treadmill running vs outdoor running
Facebook Live 3rd December 2019 Treadmill vs Outdoor running: - Treadmill running With running on a treadmill, it makes it a lot easier to run since the belt is essentially moving for you and you'll be heading in a straight line. As opposed to running outdoors where...
How a treatment for heel pain has a similar description to CPR
Facebook Live 21st November 2019
Nike Vaporfly the Sub 2hr Marathon Shoe
Facebook Live 14th November 2019 Currently in the running world, there are controversies regarding the racing shoes made by Nike. According to research, the nike vaporfly 4% and Nike Vaporfly next % as the name suggests, has shown to reduce energy expenditure by 4%...
5 Things extra to address tight calves
Facebook Live 6 November 2019 5 extra things to do for runners with tight calves Strengthen them! its suggested that tight calf muscles can often be due to weakness You can change reoccurring calf strains and tightness with developing adequate calf strength - body...
The top 4 Rehab Tips for your sore Achilles
Facebook Live 29 October 2019 4 Rehab Tips of Achilles pain 1- Footwear - Try to find shoes that have a higher heel height. This means having the height of the heel higher then the toes. Think about the exaggerated example of being in high heels. The goal of this is...
Netball Shoe Review
Facebook Live 22nd October 2019 Netball shoes When playing netball it is imperative that you are in the correct shoes. Netball shoes are specifically designed for the requirements of the game, side to side movement, jumping, landing and pivoting movements. Where as...
Did you know that painkillers lead to 3 deaths in Australia last year?!
Facebook Live 9th October 2019 Pain killers: Should we rely on them? The answer is no. Pain killers are one of the silent killers in the present world where up to 3 deaths per day were reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics last year. They provide a...
Does a Heel Spur Dissolve with Treatment?
Facebook Live 27 August 2019 Does a heel spur dissolve with treatment? Essentially, no, it will not dissolve with treatment that we provide at our clinic. The treatment that we conduct is to minimise pain the correlating symptoms located a few mm in front of the heel...
Why does my Achilles Stiffen in the Morning?
Facebook Live 1st October 2019 Why is our achilles sore in the morning? What is the Achilles tendon? It's the make up of our two calf muscles the gastrocnemius and soleus. These two muscles join together to form our Achilles tendon. The reason for the morning...
How Methyl Salicylate Works
What is methyl salicylate, and does it work? You limp into the pharmacy or the shops, most staff will point you to the direction of products like Dencorub or Metsal. Both products have the same telltale smell, the smell of wintergreen oil. Wintergreen is an...
Is Your Child Complaining from Heel and Knee Pain? (Video)
Do You Want to Walk, Run and Jump Pain Free?
If you dread walking because it hurts, or always planning your daily activities around walking, life can be difficult. Feet pain is one of the common reasons you limit going out or playing sports with friends and family. Your feet bears a lot of weight, while walking...
Feeling Pinched Between Your Toes? It Could be Morton’s Neuroma
Morton's Neuroma is happens when the nerve tissue between the 3rd and 4th toes becomes thick and inflammed. We sometimes refer them as intermetatarsal neuroma as they can develop at the ball of the foot, between the metatarsal bones. However, it is common for neuromas...
Shoes for New Walkers Video
The 5 Most Important Tips to Buying School Shoes
Pain Free Walk With Flip Flops: Here’s How
If you have been dreading going to the beach, because you have to wear those no- so- cheap yet rubbery slippers, here's the thing: you don't have to. With modern technology, you can finally enjoy wearing flat slippers that won't hurt your feet. As more people adopt...
3 ways to Avoid Unsightly Yellow Toe Nails
Your toenails are yellow and brittle, no amount of nail polish can make them look better. You dread summer, because you want to wear sandals and fashionable open toed shoes, but your toes are not cooperating. While it is easy to treat a fungal nail infection, it can...
How to Help Your Kids Put Their Best Foot Forward
Children’s feet grow fast, ask any parent with growing kids. They are also very active, from the day they learn how to walk, children enjoy exploring on their feet. If you have school- aged children, sports and outdoor activities are part of school life. Having feet...
3 Tips to Prevent Overuse Running Injuries
It is terrible when you suffer a running injury: first you are unable to train, and then you are also feeling pain when you walk. When you are injured, it is hard to keep training, as the pain can discourage you from putting 100% in. All the hard work that you put in...
The 3 Foot Issues that You Should NOT Self- Treat
The 3 Foot Issues that You Should NOT Self- Treat There are a lot of home remedies out there that offers to help treat or cure illness and common complaints. You may feel tempted to try some of the remedies, because you think that what you have it not very serious....
Have You Heard? We are Offering Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)
History of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) Before it is a great tool to help with musculoskeletal problems such as heel pain, tennis elbow and injuries, urologists use this therapy to help break the kidney stones into smaller pieces. Using a high- energy wave...
Shoe Myth
You Don't Have To Break Into New Shoes There are a lot of remedies and tips on how you can make your new shoes more comfortable to wear, from putting ice to stretch out the leather to wear the heels indoors until your new shoes feel comfortable, these hints serve to...
The 3 Mistakes You are Making With Your feet
You get out limping from your bed, and sometimes you dread it when the kids want to go out for a walk. Our feet are the our main mode of transport, we constantly use it to get from one place to another. Essentially, there are three common mistakes that you make that...
Are You Summer Ready?
We are happy to tell the world that we have the new Vionic Beach range of flip- flops. These are different than your Havaianas thongs, because they are better. These Vionic Beach are made to walk on soft surfaces such as sand, but have mechanically correct heel...
Back Pain Unexplained- Is it Your Legs?
Back Pain Unexplained, Could be Your Legs The scans of your back comes back normal, and your doctor frequently prescribes pain medication for your lower back pain. Lower back pain affects your daily life, as it limits your ability to move around. There is one more...
Onychocryptosis
Onychocryptosis- Ingrown Nail Onychocryptosis is the medical term for a common condition you know as ingrown nails. Where a spike or serrated edge of a nail has pierced the skin alongside, causing a painful inflammatory condition. As the skin has been pierced open,...
Sever’s …. what is it?
Sever's .... what is it? Your child wakes up one day complaining of sudden heel pain. At first you aren’t too worried; after all, you’ve endured heel pain yourself and it usually goes away after you walk around for a bit. However, your child is still in pain after...
Fitness – Use it or Lose it
Use it or lose it. It may well be something you've heard a million times before. But when it comes to your fitness, it's well worth remembering. If instant gratification is your thing, exercise can be a drag. It's not something you do once, then sit back and reap a...
Why it’s important to look after your feet when living with Diabetes
Foot care Looking after your feet When you have diabetes you need to take care of your feet every day Having diabetes can increase your risk of foot ulcers and amputations Daily care can prevent serious complications Check your feet daily for changes or problems Visit...
Do you know the difference? Physio vs Chiro vs Osteopathy
If you've ever had a sore back, neck or knee, there's a good chance you sought some kind of treatment for it — most likely from a physiotherapist, chiropractor or osteopath. The distinction between the three can be extremely confusing at the best of times. Without...