Sport Medicine

Get Your Feet Ski Ready: Pre-Ski Skin & Nail Care
With a great deal of uncertainty about where we can and can’t travel this winter, there’s one place that many families are excited about heading to – their snow trip! While there’s a lot of information out there on how to best prepare your body for the ski season to help minimise your risk of […]
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Treating Foot Drop With A Brace
Foot drop is the term given when weakness in one or both feet makes you unable to point your toes up towards the sky, otherwise known as dorsiflexing the foot. When this happens, your foot remains in a dropped position when you walk, with your foot pointing downwards. This makes it difficult for your foot […]
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Getting Pain At The Ball Of Your Foot?
If you’ve been getting pains, aches, or the feeling that you’re constantly walking on a stone, then capsulitis could be the culprit. Capsulitis is a common condition we often see in those that spend a lot of time on the ball of their foot (like when bending down on one knee for work, doing a […]
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Easily Fix Your Forefoot Pain! Our Podiatrists Explain How
There’s nothing worse than feeling pain shoot up your foot with every step you take – especially if you’re like us and don’t have time to stop or slow down! Our lives are busier than ever and this calls for pains like these that interfere with our everyday lives to be treated quickly and effectively. […]
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About to hit the slopes this winter? This is for you!
Winter is coming! Yep, after a long and hot summer, winter is now just around the corner and with it comes the opportunity to partake in all the best winter sports and activities. We’re not talking about Netball, but the much *chillier* winter sports – including skiing and snowboarding! These brilliant activities are enjoyed by […]
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Shin pain when running? You could have shin splints!
As we approach the colder winter climate here in New Zealand, some us will start to struggle when it comes to staying active and continuing, or beginning, our exercise regimes. We don’t blame you – the temperatures are dropping, the rain is starting to set in and the mornings are getting dark. But when you […]
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A slight difference in leg length – does it really matter?
A lot of us have heard that it’s not uncommon to have a slight difference in the size of our feet or even legs. We often advise patients to buy shoes to the size of the larger foot so that toes don’t get cramped and cause pain. But when it comes to having a slight […]
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Losing Weight & Your Feet!
It’s 2018, and for many of us, one of our resolutions is to finally lose that extra bit of weight. If this sounds like you, don’t worry – you’re not alone! Currently, 1 in 3 adults aged 15 years and over in New Zealand are classified as obese, with a further 34% of adults overweight, […]
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Achilles Tendinopathy – The pain at the back of your heel!
Achilles Tendinopathy: Why the pain at the back of your heel needs to be treated as soon as it starts! If you’ve ever suffered with pain at the back of your heel from your achilles tendon, you’ll know that it’s not only uncomfortable and painful but can also be very limiting to daily activities because […]
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Morton’s Neuroma: The pebble at the bottom of your foot
Does it feel like you’ve been walking around on an uncomfortable small stone beneath your foot for some time now? Have you been feeling pain at the forefoot that seems unusual? And that while Google tells you this pain should be located beneath the big toe joint or at one of the other toes along […]
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Run into summer – not into pain!
We’re almost one month into spring – not that you can tell here in Auckland – which means that summer is fast approaching! For a lot of us (and the patients we’ve been seeing), this means dusting off that workout gear and getting ready to hit the gym or the road or wherever you like […]
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