Ingrown Toenail Treatment for Runners & Top 3 Running Shoe Recommendations
Ingrown toenail treatment and comprehensively preventative podiatric care are essential for runners. With the right running shoes (read on for recommendations from our lead podiatrist!), techniques, and maintenance, you can reduce your chances of getting an ingrown toenail and maintain optimum foot health.
Orthotics and Gait Analysis to Improve the Foot’s Function
The most common lower limb dysfunctions and sports injuries we see each day at The Foot Practice, from the foot and ankle to the hips, knees, and lower back, start from our feet. Gait analysis and orthotics are complementary protocols in podiatry that accurately treat musculoskeletal injuries.
Heel Pain and Running: Does Footwear Play a Role?
Knowing the best running shoes for heel pain can possibly help you relieve pain from conditions such as plantar fasciitis or Achilles tendinopathy, as well as improve your overall musculoskeletal health. This article will explain how overuse injuries occur and the relationship between your shoes and your musculoskeletal health, as well as our leading podiatrist Tim Maiden’s favourite running shoe selections.
3D Gait Analysis to Improve Runners’ Performance & Rehabilitate Injuries
Runners are always trying to improve their performance by training smarter to build strength and increase endurance, which helps to decrease the incidence of a running injury.
To Tech Or Not To Tech
The recent Garmin ransomware hack kickstarted my thinking about my own burgeoning dependency and obsession with everything tech both in my podiatry practice and in my personal life.
All You Need To Know About Calf Strains As A Runner
Calf strains – perhaps one of the most frequent injuries in runners. And also, one of the most discussed topics amongst sport enthusiasts. One would expect that hundreds, if perhaps not thousands of studies were performed on the subject. Well, guess again. The research on this matter, my fellow runners, is scarce.
CrossFit and Injuries: The Importance of Your Feet!
All high-impact workouts put strain on your feet and ankles, but Crossfit’s mix of weights, jumps, and cardio means you’re rapidly switching between activities which put very different types of pressure on your feet.
How Do I Pick The Best Running Shoes?
There’s something exciting about slipping on a new pair of running shoes for the first time. It makes you feel more confident about achieving your fitness goals, whether you’re training for a four minute mile or just hoping to get around the block without wheezing.
Golf and Your Feet: Do you want to hit the ball longer and straighter?
So are you looking to improve your golf game? Like with most problems it is best to start from the bottom up. Having good footwork directly correlates with more power for swings which can drop your handicap. According to Jack Nicklaus, one of the greatest golfers of all time, “All timing, distance and direction comes from the lower body with the feet leading the way.”
Preventing Football Injuries: Stay Strong to Prolong your Game!
Injury can end your match, it can end your career before it has ever really begun. Consistency and injury prevention is vital to improve your football game. Unsurprisingly the foot and legs are the most regularly injured part of the body in football.