The school holidays are on and sporting activities are on hold. How do you stop your kids from staying indoors, glued to their devices all day? Keeping active is vital for our children’s development while they grow. It helps them stay physically and mentally fit...
Do you…Find walking or standing uncomfortable? Need advice on how to choose correct shoes? Experience foot or leg pain while exercising or playing sport? Suffer from diabetes? Have sore hips or heels?The Australian Podiatry Association is celebrating Foot Health Week from 12-18 October to...
Working from home has become the new normal since the COVID-19 pandemic. While it's very convenient to work from home, this new lifestyle is beginning to have an impact on our body, especially our feet.Podiatrists are concerned that people will develop what they are dubbing...
Our skin is the largest organ in our body and helps protect it from germs. Anything that breaks the skin is a wound because when the skin is broken, there's a risk of infection. More often than not, wounds happen due to accidents, but –...
For most of us, COVID-19 has changed our lives forever. We are now more cautious about our hygiene practices, a lot of services and offices have moved online and, there’s been a big shift in our preferences for exercise and physical activity. As many gyms were...
By Andrew Saunderson, Sports PodiatristImagine walking into your local running shoe store store and seeing well over 150 shoes across more than 30 different footwear brands all on display trying to convince you they’re the one for you. Let’s be real here – we’ve all probably...
